25 Oct 1989
THE QUEEN v. LI CHUN CHOI
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. LI CHUN CHOI
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC124/1989
Prosecuting counsel's opening statement that the police had received information identifying the defendant was inadmissible hearsay and highly prejudicial; the remark could not be cured by subsequent direction or limiting of evidence, rendering the conviction unsafe and requiring that it be quashed and a retrial ordered on the first count.