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Hong Kong Case Law

Mitigation (age, health, family)
  • 27 May 1977

    WONG HING v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    WONG HING v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC485/1977

    The sentence was reduced from two years to one year because the total quantity was very small (packets of 0.1g, totaling about 0.4g), there was no evidence of syndicate involvement, the appellant was elderly (76) with domestic mitigating circumstances, and he had been in custody since arrest; credit for time served to be applied per Chu Chun-sing v. The Queen (1976) H.K.L.R.678.

    • Trafficking in dangerous drugs
    • Sentencing discretion
    • Mitigation (age, health, family)
    • Previous convictions
    • Time served credit