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Mental health and evidence
  • 21 May 2012

    香港特別行政區 訴 黃中正

    Citation
    香港特別行政區 訴 黃中正
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA811/2011

    The trial judge's detailed credibility findings and assessment of the evidence were reasonable and unassailable on appeal; eyewitness testimony and appellant's on-scene statements supported the theft conviction, appellant's depression was not raised with evidence at trial so could not vitiate the conviction on appeal, and the HK$5,000 fine for a first-time shoplifting offence was within an appropriate sentencing range and not manifestly excessive.