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CACC 203/2016
[2018] HKCA 102
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF APPEAL
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 203 OF 2016
(ON APPEAL FROM HCCC NO 175 OF 2015)
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BETWEEN
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HKSAR |
Respondent |
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Alam Maksud |
Applicant |
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Before: Hon Lunn VP and Macrae JA in Court
Date of Hearing: 13 February 2018
Date of Judgment: 13 February 2018
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J U D G M E N T
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Hon Macrae JA (giving the Judgment of the Court):
1. The applicant initially sought leave to appeal out of time against a sentence of 11 years and 4 months’ imprisonment imposed on him by Deputy High Court Judge S D’Almada Remedios (as D’Almada Remedios J then as) (“the judge”) on 11 September 2015, following his plea of guilty on the same day to a charge of unlawfully trafficking in a dangerous drug, namely 489 grammes of cocaine narcotic, contrary to section (4)(1)(a) and (3) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Cap 134.
2. The said application was lodged on 11 July 2016, some 9 months out of time.
3. Today, we were informed by Mr McGowan, acting on behalf of the applicant, that the applicant wished to abandon his appeal against sentence out of time. Accordingly, we refused the application and dismissed the appeal.
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(Andrew Macrae) |
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Justice of Appeal
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Mr Pierre Lui SPP (Ag), of the Department of Justice, for the Respondent
Mr James H M McGowan, instructed by C Yu & Co, assigned by the Director of Legal Aid, for the Applicant
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