29 Sept 2005
HKSAR v. SO CHAI
- Citation
- HKSAR v. SO CHAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA788/2005
The magistrate's adoption of an excessive two‑year starting point and failure to inquire whether the small quantity (2.89 g) was for personal use were errors of sentencing; applying the correct approach (treating midazolam as comparable to methaqualone and giving the appellant the benefit of doubt on personal use and the guilty plea) requires reducing the sentence to 2 months' imprisonment.