2 Jul 1998
HKSAR v. DONG XIAO-MING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. DONG XIAO-MING
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC153/1998
Because the prosecution failed to prove the comparison writing genuine as required by s.17 Evidence Ordinance and no requisite agreement under s.65C was in place, the expert handwriting comparison evidence was inadmissible; coupled with the judge's excessive intervention in examination-in-chief which risked usurping counsel's role, the convictions were unsafe and had to be quashed.