R. v. TSANG KWOK KWONG

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

1994, No. 467
(Criminal)

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J U D G M E N T

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Liu, J.A. (giving the judgment of the Court):

1. The applicant confines himself to an application for leave to appeal against sentence. He was convicted on two charges: both trafficking in a dangerous drug. Because of the quantities involved, namely, 11.62 grammes and 114.62 grammes of salts of esters of morphine respectively, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment in the 1st charge and ten years' imprisonment in the 2nd.

2. The guidelines, as laid down by a differently constituted Court of Appeal, provide for a term of imprisonment of five to eight years for the quantity in the 1st charge and eight to twelve years for the quantity in the 2nd charge.

3. We have taken into consideration what has been stated in the applicant's letter to the Judiciary Administrator and all the matters he has advanced before us including the plea he has made this morning. We do not find the sentences imposed upon the applicant too severe or wrong in principle. The applicant's application for leave to appeal against the sentence is therefore denied.