Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Effect of prior acquittal

Legal area

Court

16 Sept 2005

NG, CHUNG HON v. HKSAR

Citation

NG, CHUNG HON v. HKSAR
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMA456/2005

The appeal was dismissed because the magistrate correctly inspected and found the motorcycle to be black; the defendant had been acquitted in 2002 but was expressly advised then to correct the registration and failed to do so, so no reasonable excuse existed for the later offence and the conviction and penalties were properly imposed.
4 Sept 1996

R. v. CHAN LAP MAN, RAYMOND and Others

Citation

R. v. CHAN LAP MAN, RAYMOND and Others
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCC373/1995

A defendant is entitled to cross-examine police officers who were statement takers in HC Criminal Case No.105 of 1994 about their activities, the outcome of that case and their evidence in that case insofar as allegations of impropriety are made against them because the prior ruling, properly construed, demonstrated that the statement takers' evidence had been disbelieved and therefore there is a sufficient connection under Edwards to justify admissibility of such cross-examination.