Hong Kong Case Law

28 Oct 2005

HKSAR v. WONG KAM MAN

Citation

HKSAR v. WONG KAM MAN

Court

Court of First Instance

Case number

HCMA647/2005

The conviction was quashed because the magistrate convicted the appellant on a basis at variance with the prosecution's case and of which the appellant had no fair notice or opportunity to address, rendering the conviction unsafe.

• Unsafe conviction
• Variance between prosecution case and basis of conviction
• Fair notice to accused
• Magistrate's findings of fact