16 Jun 1981
CHAU MEI-LING v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- CHAU MEI-LING v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC438/1981
Because the magistrate failed to determine voluntariness of crucial admissions by conducting a trial within a trial or using the alternative procedure at or before the close of the prosecution case, the convictions were unsafe; the appeal must succeed and the conviction is quashed, and having regard to delay and prior trial de novo a further retrial is not ordered.