26 Nov 1986
THE QUEEN v. CHAN TAT WAH
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. CHAN TAT WAH
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC239/1986
Given the overlapping substantive and conspiracy charges and the absence of justification for a greater punishment for conspiracy, the sentence for the conspiracy count must not exceed the sentence for the substantive counts covering the same transactions; on the facts the conspiracy sentence was reduced to match the substantive sentences while other sentences were upheld.