11 Feb 2021
HKSAR v. SO YAT TING
- Citation
- [2021] HKCA 179
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC175/2019
The Court held the judge did not misapply his discretion in awarding a 20% discount for a guilty plea indicated eight days before trial given the appellant knew his phone had been seized and had actual knowledge of his conduct, but the judge failed to appropriately apply the totality principle when aggregating enhancements for the international element and prior conviction; the sentence was therefore reduced by five months to correct the aggregate sentence to one that is not crushing.