23 Dec 1999
HKSAR v. WAN SHEUNG SUM
- Citation
- HKSAR v. WAN SHEUNG SUM
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC438/1999
The sentencing judge erred by omitting the initial step of selecting an appropriate starting point and by mechanically doubling prior case sentences instead of assessing the applicant's circumstances; correct application yields a starting point of 16 months, a 6-month enhancement for slight latent risk and a one-third discount for guilty plea, reducing the sentence on charge 1 to 14 months to run concurrently with the 12-month sentence on charge 2.