8 Dec 2009
HKSAR v. LACROIX, STEPHANE PIERRE
- Citation
- HKSAR v. LACROIX, STEPHANE PIERRE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA612/2009
The magistrate was entitled to impose a suspended custodial sentence because probation was unsuitable and would be ineffectual given the appellant’s likely removal; the 4‑month suspended sentence fell within permissible sentencing discretion for possession of a small quantity of hard drug and was not manifestly excessive, and the court will not alter a proper sentence merely to bring it within the Rehabilitation of Offenders scheme.