24 Jan 1986
ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHEUNG YUI-MAN
- Citation
- ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CHEUNG YUI-MAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAAR16/1985
Applying the totality principle to a series of eight burglaries and one attempted burglary involving high value thefts over eight months, the Court held that individual sentences should be calibrated so the overall punishment is just; the correct exercise was to impose concurrent custodial terms of five years for each burglary (reflecting appropriate gravity and a one year discount relative to an assessed six year level) while leaving the three year sentence for attempted burglary undisturbed.