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Leave to appeal against sentence was granted in a ketamine trafficking case. The court said the existing ketamine guidelines may warrant reconsideration.
Hong Kong Court of Appeal decision on leave to appeal against sentence for theft, attempted theft and road traffic offences, with concerns about double counting in sentencing.
The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal and an appeal aid certificate in a sentence appeal over drug trafficking, raising arguable issues about starting point and Form 8 enhancement.
The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal in a criminal sentence matter, finding it reasonably arguable that the sentencing starting points and notional sentences were excessive or wrong in principle.
Leave to appeal against a 44-month drug-trafficking sentence was refused. The Court of Appeal held the 66-month starting point and one-third guilty-plea discount were within the proper range.
The appeal was dismissed because the sentencing judge lawfully set a 15-month starting point for a habitual offender who reoffended soon after release, applied a legitimate 25% uplift for recidivism, and correctly reduced the sentence by one-third for an early guilty plea, resulting in an affirmed sentence of 10 months' imprisonment.
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The Court of Appeal refused leave on a 9-year drug-traficking starting point, but granted Ma leave to challenge the reduction of his guilty-plea discount to 25%.
Appeal dismissed against conviction and sentence for grievous bodily harm. The court upheld the magistrate’s finding that the appellant was not acting in self-defence.
The Court held the sentence was not manifestly excessive: an 18‑month starting point for laundering about HK$1,000,000 over six months was appropriate; a one‑third reduction for plea was correctly applied; an additional two‑month reduction for delay/totality was reasonable; therefore the resulting sentence of 10 months imprisonment was affirmed and the appeal dismissed.
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The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal against a drug-trafficking sentence, holding the applicant had shown no arguable case that it was wrong in principle or manifestly excessive.
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