Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Sentencing principles and guidelines

Legal area

Court

28 May 2003

HKSAR v. YE YING

Citation

HKSAR v. YE YING
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA184/2003

The attempted misuse of another person's boarding pass to obtain airline services is less serious than presenting forged travel documents to immigration; for attempted deception of this type a proper starting point is 12 months' imprisonment, reduced to eight months for a timely guilty plea; a sentencer must not impose punishment based on speculative future conduct abroad.
11 Nov 1986

THE QUEEN v. LO CHI MAN

Citation

THE QUEEN v. LO CHI MAN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC382/1986

The 5 year sentence was excessive given the quantity of the heroin mixture and absence of firm evidence the applicant targeted methadone clinic patients; balancing the applicant's criminal record with the facts, a 3 year term is the appropriate sentence, so the original sentence is reduced to 3 years.