29 Aug 1974
LEUNG MUK-YAU @ CHUNG LI-CHUEN v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- LEUNG MUK-YAU @ CHUNG LI-CHUEN v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC501/1974
It was procedurally incorrect to invite admissions of fact from an unrepresented accused who had pleaded not guilty; where the accused admits only possession the magistrate must either convict of the lesser offence or proceed to hear prosecution evidence, and because the procedure in this case was improper the conviction for possession for the purpose of unlawful trafficking was quashed and substituted with a conviction for simple unlawful possession with an appropriate sentence.