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Hong Kong Case Law

Early plea discount

  • 11 Feb 1999

    HKSAR v. LEUNG KWAI SING

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LEUNG KWAI SING
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC484/1998

    When a defendant is only given the opportunity to plead to a lesser charge on the day of trial and pleads at that earliest available opportunity, the full one‑third discount for an early plea applies; the trial judge erred in applying only a 25% reduction and the sentence must be reduced accordingly.

  • 9 Jul 1998

    HKSAR v. LAU HONG-SANG

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LAU HONG-SANG
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC195/1998

    The Court dismissed the application because the sentencing judge adopted a correct starting point and approach: the conspiracy to pay a scapegoat to shoulder responsibility was a deliberate attack on the administration of justice, the judge properly discounted for an early plea, and there was no error in his assessment of mitigation or reliance on marginal case comparisons; the 20‑month sentence was not excessive.