20 Dec 2002
HKSAR v. TRAN VAN HA
- Citation
- HKSAR v. TRAN VAN HA
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1000/2002
The court held that the magistrate erred in taking the statutory maximum (24 months) as the starting point for the 3rd charge involving 21,420 cigarettes; a starting point of 10 months was appropriate for the facts, increased to 15 months to reflect aggravating factors of persistence and prevalence, and after discount for guilty plea the appropriate sentence is 10 months imprisonment; concurrent sentencing gives a totality of 10 months.