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Hong Kong Case Law

Use of offensive weapon
  • 13 Oct 1969

    YU TONG v. THE QUEEN

    Citation
    YU TONG v. THE QUEEN
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC664/1969

    The appellant's subsequent admission of facts in court established a guilty plea to robbery despite earlier ambiguity, but it was improper for Crown counsel to refer to use of a knife when the plea excluded aggravation; having regard to that improper reference and the circumstances, the three year sentence was excessive and was reduced to two years' imprisonment commencing from the date of conviction.