5 Dec 2013
HKSAR v. DE GRACIA , MARIA ERLA TABASA
- Citation
- HKSAR v. DE GRACIA , MARIA ERLA TABASA
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA621/2013
The Court allowed the appeal and substituted shorter custodial sentences because the appellant's circumstances placed her outside normal tariff sentences yet the need for general deterrence and the increased culpability from continued use of the false passport required immediate short terms of imprisonment; the appropriate outcome was 2 months imprisonment for each of Charges 2, 3 and 4 with Charges 2 and 3 concurrent and 1 month of Charge 4 consecutive, yielding an effective sentence of 3 months.