26 Apr 2022
HKSAR v. QUINTERO BERNAL DIEGO-JHOVANNY
- Citation
- [2022] HKCA 603
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC98/2021
Because the trial judge's preliminary ruling engaged legal issues tied to factual circumstances and there were unusual procedural features (change of counsel, absence of the applicant's instructions before the judge, and the judge expressing opinions on elements of duress), the Court granted an appeal aid certificate and ordered that new counsel be assigned so the question whether the ruling or other matters unfairly influenced the applicant to abandon the duress defence and plead guilty can be properly examined.