Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Statutory presumption of possession and knowledge

Legal area

Court

18 Aug 1988

THE QUEEN v. NG LAI MAN

Citation

THE QUEEN v. NG LAI MAN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC94/1988

The trial judge validly applied statutory presumptions arising from the quantity and packaging of the drugs, properly assessed competing credibility evidence and was entitled to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the appellant's guilt; those findings were not open to successful appeal and leave to appeal against conviction was dismissed.
21 Dec 1979

LO CHOI v. THE QUEEN

Citation

LO CHOI v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC880/1979

The conviction was unsafe and unsatisfactory because the appellant was improperly cross-examined about the contents of an unadmitted cautioned statement which could have affected credibility, and the trial judge appears to have failed to distinguish adequately between the cases of co-accuseds (risking conflation of guilt), therefore the Court granted leave to appeal and quashed the conviction.