19 Sept 2011
DE BRUIN, MICHELLE ROSY v. HKSAR
- Citation
- DE BRUIN, MICHELLE ROSY v. HKSAR
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC409/2009
The Court held that although a sleeping-juror complaint is not barred as a matter of law where not raised at trial, the proffered affirmations only established brief episodes of a juror closing his eyes (at most about five seconds) and did not show incapacitation for appreciable periods; accordingly the additional evidence would not afford any ground to allow the appeal and was refused under s.83V; the application for leave to appeal was dismissed and the conviction and 20-year sentence stood.