Hong Kong Leading Case guilty plea discountutilitarian valuetiming of plea

HKSAR v Ngo Van Nam (and HKSAR v Abdou Maikido Abdoulkarim)

[2016] 5 HKLRD 1; CACC 418/2014 (and CACC 327/2015)

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtCourt of Appeal (High Court)

Year2016

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Lays down the modern Hong Kong guidelines for sentence discounts on a guilty plea: the full one-third discount is reserved for a plea at the first reasonable opportunity, with a sliding scale of reduced discounts for later pleas.

Area of Law

Criminal Law, Procedure & Evidence

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Kulemesin v HKSAR (2013) 16 HKCFAR 195; [2013] HKCFA 9

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