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Appeal against a 14-month sentence for unlawful remaining in Hong Kong was dismissed. The court held remand time already credited to another offence cannot be deducted again.
The Court of Appeal held that sentences for unlawful remaining and breach of a deportation order should run concurrently, reducing the total term to 2 years 9 months.
High Court appeal against sentence for unlawfully remaining in Hong Kong. The court upheld a 13-month prison term and dismissed the appeal.
Court of Appeal clarified sentencing tariffs for forged identity cards, unlawful remaining, and deportation-order breaches, and varied the appellants’ sentences.
Court of Appeal reduced and restructured sentence for unlawful remaining and breach of Deportation Order, ordering the terms to run concurrently for a total of 28 months.
Court of Appeal partly allowed a sentence appeal, reducing Pham Van Tuan’s total term from 36 months to 29 months under the totality principle.
Appeal against a 15-month sentence for unlawful remaining in Hong Kong was dismissed. The High Court upheld activation of a 4-week suspended sentence.
The Court of First Instance dismissed a sentence appeal in a magistracy appeal, holding that the medical material did not justify mitigation and no binding promise of leniency was shown.
The Court of First Instance dismissed a criminal appeal against convictions based on guilty pleas, holding the appellant failed to show the pleas were a nullity.
The High Court dismissed an appeal against a 24-month sentence for theft and immigration offences, finding the magistrate’s sentencing approach was not manifestly excessive.
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