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Conversion factor (heroin no.3/no.4)
  • 29 Apr 1992

    ATTORNEY GENERAL v. NGUYEN NGOC CUONG AND OTHERS

    Citation
    ATTORNEY GENERAL v. NGUYEN NGOC CUONG AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CAAR13/1990

    For riot offences in detention centres the appropriate sentence after trial is higher than the District Court sentences imposed here and a five-year custodial sentence is an appropriate benchmark for riot after trial in these circumstances, although no order was made due to delay. For the drug offences the trial judge erred by failing to apply the Chenq Yeunq conversion to No.3 heroin; starting points should have been within the 8–12 year bracket. Having applied reductions for delay, plea and other review factors, the court substituted six years for Tse Ka Wah and five years for Chan Chu Ming…