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Topic

Continuing criminal enterprise

Legal area

Court

7 Jan 1987

THE QUEEN v. LAWRENCE LOUIS LEVY

Citation

THE QUEEN v. LAWRENCE LOUIS LEVY
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2323/1986

The Acting Governor's Order to Proceed was lawful; the Governor may specify multiple Hong Kong offences to reflect the conduct alleged; the Magistrate correctly confined himself to whether the evidence would, under Hong Kong law, justify committal on the specified local offences and whether those offences were extradition crimes; expert evidence about the substantive criminal law of the requesting state was not admissible except to satisfy narrow treaty conditions; the applications for habeas corpus and certiorari were dismissed.
7 Jan 1987

THE QUEEN v. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ANOTHER

Citation

THE QUEEN v. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2738/1986

The Governor's Order to Proceed was lawfully made by specifying Hong Kong offences capturing the alleged conduct; the Magistrate correctly confined himself to whether the evidence established prima facie the specified Hong Kong extradition offences and therefore properly committed the applicant; the double criminality test requiring substantial similarity and admission of expert evidence on foreign substantive law is not applicable in committal proceedings beyond treaty threshold matters; the applications for habeas corpus, certiorari and declarations were dismissed.