4 Dec 1996
THE QUEEN v. JIANG SHOU-FA
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. JIANG SHOU-FA
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC380/1996
The judge erred by imposing consecutive sentences for offences that formed part of the same criminal activity; the correct approach is to fix an overall starting point (here 6 years) and then apply a one-third reduction for the early plea and cooperation, resulting in concurrent sentences of 4 years on each count.
- Possession of forged passports
- Conspiracy to possess forged passports
- Totality principle
- Concurrent vs consecutive sentencing
- Mitigation and guilty plea discount