20 Aug 2002
HKSAR v. CHAN YIU MING ALLAN
- Citation
- HKSAR v. CHAN YIU MING ALLAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC560/2001
The judge did not impose any legal burden on the applicant nor reduce the prosecution's standard of proof; his use of terms like 'balance of probabilities' and 'reasonable excuse' was explanatory and did not affect legal standards. He was entitled to prefer the totality of the circumstantial evidence over tentative expert handwriting opinion. On that basis the convictions were not unsafe and the application to appeal was dismissed.