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Hong Kong Case Law

Jury majority verdicts
  • 17 Oct 2014

    HKSAR v. LEUNG TAK WING

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LEUNG TAK WING
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC411/2013

    The court found the judge gave a material misdirection by instructing the jury that at least five jurors had to agree on the same factual basis (provocation or unlawful and dangerous act) for any manslaughter verdict; however, the misdirection was held to be non-prejudicial in the circumstances because the logical sequence of issues and the evidence made it inevitable the jury would have convicted of murder, so the conviction was upheld (leave granted but appeal dismissed).