29 Mar 1969
CHAU KAM MING v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- CHAU KAM MING v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC718/1968
Leave to appeal was refused; the court held there is no rule that offences first revealed by an accused must be left uncharged, prosecutorial discretion determines charging, trial judges retain sentencing discretion (subject to jurisdictional limits) and volunteered confessions do not automatically mandate leniency without judicial assessment of true contrition.