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Topic

Mitigation - family circumstances

Legal area

Court

25 Jun 2009

HKSAR v. WU CHUN YU

Citation

HKSAR v. WU CHUN YU
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC397/2008

Given the very large quantity of heroin hydrochloride (2,714.43g) and the international element, a 26-year starting point was appropriate; the judge lawfully reduced the starting point by one-third for the guilty plea to arrive at 17 years 4 months; the applicant's personal and family circumstances did not justify disturbing the sentence; leave to appeal is dismissed.
2 May 2007

HKSAR v. FANG HUEI PING

Citation

HKSAR v. FANG HUEI PING
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC473/2006

Because the quantity (2.23 kg) justified a 25-year starting point, a one-year reduction for family circumstances and the full one-third guilty plea discount were correctly applied, no further mitigation was appropriate, and therefore the application for leave was dismissed.
23 Jul 2002

HKSAR v. AU KAM CHUEN

Citation

HKSAR v. AU KAM CHUEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC119/2002

The applicant's personal and family circumstances did not constitute a sufficient reason to reduce sentence and the trial judge correctly sentenced on the basis of the agreed facts; there is no merit to the application and leave to appeal against sentence is to be dismissed.