11 Apr 1989
THE QUEEN v. AU KWOK HING
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. AU KWOK HING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC449/1988
The trial was rendered unsatisfactory because the judge's intervention at arraignment—including explanation of statutory presumptions and comments about typical sentence for the quantity involved—created an appearance of prejudice and risked inhibiting objective assessment of the accused's evidence; consequently the conviction was unsafe and must be set aside.