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Hong Kong Case Law

Sentencing substitution
  • 12 Dec 1973

    LI TUNG HING v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    LI TUNG HING v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC734/1973

    Because the probation and prison reports established that the appellant's offending was attributable to drug addiction and a treatment centre was an appropriate and available option, the appellate court was justified in quashing the sentences of imprisonment and ordering detention in a Drug Addiction Treatment Centre as a substitute to better serve rehabilitation and public protection.