Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Youth and antecedents

Legal area

Court

17 Dec 1996

THE QUEEN v. LAM KIN DIK

Citation

THE QUEEN v. LAM KIN DIK
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC758/1995

The trial judge correctly treated both counts as one incident, selected an 18-year starting point for the aggregate quantity, properly discounted for an early guilty plea, co-operation and youth to reach an overall sentence of ten and a half years; the discounts applied were neither wrong in principle nor manifestly excessive, and the application for leave to appeal against sentence was therefore refused.
23 Feb 1983

THE QUEEN v. HO TAK-WING AND OTHERS

Citation

THE QUEEN v. HO TAK-WING AND OTHERS
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC1108/1982

The trial judge had started from too high a sentencing level; the Court reduced the individual robbery sentences for the first and second applicants (from 8 to 7 years on specific counts) and reduced the third applicant's robbery sentences (from 9 to 8 years) while upholding the application of discounts for guilty pleas, considering age and clear records, and preserving the totality principle; prior convictions justified lesser mitigation for the third applicant.