23 Jul 2021
HKSAR v. RIZANIA NOVIYANTI
- Citation
- [2021] HKCA 1070
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC315/2018
The court granted leave to appeal on grounds 1 and 2 as reasonably arguable: (1) the invitation to the jury to compare the weight of the exhibits with ordinary milk and cereal raised a potentially arguable issue about impermissible out-of-court experimentation and lack of evidential basis; (2) the judge's characterisation of alleged targeting as pure speculation was arguable given the applicant's evidence of a photograph on an officer's phone; the third ground concerning crying on arrest was not reasonably arguable because it was not relied upon by defence at trial and was not a significant m…