28 Oct 1997
HKSAR v. MENG Wei
- Citation
- HKSAR v. MENG Wei
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC465/1997
The Court allowed the appeal in part and reduced the consecutive assault sentence by one month because the District Judge, unaware of the severe collateral immigration consequence (loss of US permanent resident status), would have made a suitable adjustment; there was no error in the sentencing approach but a one‑month reduction was necessary to avoid disproportionate additional punishment, resulting in a total sentence of 17 months imprisonment.