22 Nov 2000
HKSAR v. MARIA REMEDIOS COADY
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MARIA REMEDIOS COADY
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC119/1999
The conviction for murder was substituted to manslaughter on the ground of provocation because the evidence before the jury was legally capable of supporting provocation; given the relatively slight nature of the provocation and limited mitigation, the proper sentence for the substituted conviction is ten years' imprisonment; a retrial would be unfair in light of the prosecution's prior stance during the trial.