17 Nov 1993
R. v. YIU Ka-yin
- Citation
- R. v. YIU Ka-yin
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC237/1993
The Court allowed the appeal and quashed the convictions because the trial judge failed to exercise his discretion on a proper basis: he did not adequately weigh the enormous prejudicial effect of admitting an old juvenile drug conviction (and failed to consider limiting admission to other convictions or to distinguish between the two counts), thereby risking denial of a fair trial; the convictions were unsafe and a retrial was ordered.