11 Oct 1989
THE QUEEN v. CHAN PING HUNG
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHAN PING HUNG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1070/1989
Where a magistrate knowingly departs from an established sentencing guideline without justification, the appellate court may intervene and increase the sentence to the guideline figure; because the appellant had been warned that sentence might be increased, the court increased the sentence from 12 to 15 months.