R. v. LEUNG CHI KIN

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

1996, No 136
(Criminal)

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J U D G M E N T

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Bokhary, J.A.:

1. This is an application for an extension of time for the purpose of seeking leave to appeal against conviction.

2. It was on December 12 last year that this applicant, a man in his mid 30's, was convicted before Deputy Judge Barnes in the District Court on six charges of burglary.

3. The notice of application for leave to appeal against conviction is dated February 29 this year. Hence the need for an extension.

4. We have looked at the purported reasons put forward as to why an extension should be granted. They do not begin to support the grant of an extension. We have also looked at the papers as a whole; and we are bound to add that, in any event, no arguable basis appears for upsetting the convictions.

5. The judge's reasons are extremely sparse; and we are not to be taken as encouraging such sparsity in general. But in all the circumstances of this particular case, we are not ultimately left in any doubt as to the result reached. Hence we refuse an extension of time.