Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Starting points/tariffs

Legal area

Court

20 Jul 2007

HKSAR v. CHENG YAT MING

Citation

HKSAR v. CHENG YAT MING
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC455/2006

The judge gave proper consideration to the appropriate starting points for the distinct drugs, made a proper adjustment for concurrency and guilty pleas, and having regard to the principle of totality the overall sentence of 4 years imprisonment after guilty pleas was not manifestly excessive; the application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
7 Aug 2001

HKSAR v. WONG TO

Citation

HKSAR v. WONG TO
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC508/2000

The judge erred by failing to apply the totality principle and by treating related drug quantities and offences in isolation; the Court of Appeal therefore aggregated the relevant drug quantities and offences, adjusted starting points accordingly, applied a one‑third discount for early plea, substituted specific sentences for certain counts, re‑ordered concurrency/consecutivity and reduced the total sentence for D1 to 20 years imprisonment.