11 Nov 2015
HKSAR v. YIP YUK CHUN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. YIP YUK CHUN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC143/2015
The applicant's guilty plea was voluntary and informed and did not meet the narrow criteria for nullity; there was no legal basis to reduce trafficking conviction to simple possession; the sentencing judge correctly applied the guideline starting point for 18.58g, permissibly discounted ~22% for self-consumption and one-third for guilty plea, and did not err in refusing to obtain a psychiatric report where defence counsel tactically declined it.