HKSAR V. LEE MING HO

[2024] HKCA 150 Court of Appeal 6 February 2024 • CACC130/2019 • 60 min read

55 cases cited (0 HK, 55 foreign) Cited by 172 cases

Outcome

Application dismissed

we dismissed the application for leave to appeal against conviction upon its withdrawal and granted the application to treat the abandonment (of the sentencing appeal) as a nullity.

Source: [2024] HKCA 150, Court of Appeal, decided 6 February 2024. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (3)

A Pang Coram Macrae Coram Zervos Coram

Counsel (5)

Department of Justice Firm Johnnie Yam, Jacky Lee & Co Firm Herman Wan Counsel Respondent Ira Lui Counsel Respondent Randy Shek Counsel Applicant

Parties (2)

HKSAR Respondent Lee Ming Ho Applicant

Case Significance

HKSAR V. LEE MING HO [2024] HKCA 150 was decided by the Court of Appeal on 6 February 2024. The court recorded that "we dismissed the application for leave to appeal against conviction upon its withdrawal and granted the application to treat the abandonment (of the sentencing appeal) as a nullity." Among the cases cited was HKSAR V. LEUNG KING HUNG [2024] HKCA 69.

The decision has since been referred to in a series of Court of First Instance judgments, including HKSAR V. SUNG HO HIN [2024] HKCFI 1004, HKSAR V. CHAN YAT HONG [2024] HKCFI 1090, and HKSAR V. LAU KAM KUI [2024] HKCFI 1172.

What did the Court of Appeal decide in HKSAR v. Lee Ming Ho ([2024] HKCA 150)?

In HKSAR V. LEE MING HO [2024] HKCA 150 the Court of Appeal held: "we dismissed the application for leave to appeal against conviction upon its withdrawal and granted the application to treat the abandonment (of the sentencing appeal) as a nullity."

Which earlier case did the Court of Appeal cite in HKSAR v. Lee Ming Ho ([2024] HKCA 150)?

HKSAR V. LEE MING HO [2024] HKCA 150 cited HKSAR V. LEUNG KING HUNG [2024] HKCA 69 among the authorities considered when addressing the withdrawn conviction appeal and the abandonment of the related sentencing appeal.

Statutes Cited

Criminal Procedure Ordinance

s 83P

Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap 134)

s 56A

Cases Cited (55)

HK (55)

(2006) 9 HKCFAR 614 [1995] 2 HKC 798 [1998] 2 HKLRD 46 [2009] 1 HKLRD 1 [2009] 2 HKLRD 437 [2010] 1 HKLRD 354 [2012] 1 HKLRD 1017 [2013] 1 HKLRD 627 [2014] 3 HKLRD 691 [2014] 6 HKC 106 [2018] 1 HKLRD 291 [2018] 4 HKC 591 [2018] 5 HKLRD 88 [2018] HKC 19 [2018] HKCA 392 [2019] 2 HKLRD 451 [2019] HKCFI 1150 [2020] 1 HKLRD 307 [2020] 1 HKLRD 644 [2020] 5 HKLRD 471 [2020] HKCA 56 [2021] 1 HKLRD 1215 [2021] 1 HKLRD 290 [2021] 5 HKLRD 724 [2021] HKCFI 1609 [2021] HKCFI 2022 [2021] HKCFI 2036 [2021] HKCFI 2528 [2021] HKCFI 2600 [2021] HKCFI 2674 [2021] HKCFI 2938 [2021] HKCFI 2939 [2021] HKCFI 2940 [2021] HKCFI 3032 [2021] HKCFI 3684 [2021] HKCFI 3825 [2021] HKCFI 3839 [2021] HKCFI 494 [2022] 1 HKLRD 359 [2022] 1 HKLRD 951 [2022] 2 HKLRD 99 [2022] HKCFI 1026 [2022] HKCFI 105 [2022] HKCFI 2905 [2022] HKCFI 3017 [2022] HKCFI 3344 [2022] HKCFI 3589 [2022] HKCFI 3859 [2022] HKCFI 57 [2022] HKCFI 59 [2023] 1 HKLRD 1329 [2023] HKCA 1359 [2023] HKCFI 1074 [2023] HKCFI 935 [2024] HKCA 69

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[2025] HKCFI 4347

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[2025] HKCFI 1947

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[2025] HKCFI 2099

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[2025] HKCFI 2002

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[2025] HKCFI 429

HKSAR V. WAITHIRA FAITH JANE WANJIRU

[2025] HKCFI 1031

HKSAR V. CHEUNG KA CHUN

[2025] HKCFI 1034

HKSAR V. WONG PAK CHI

[2025] HKCFI 1053

HKSAR V. LAW SIU KEUNG

[2025] HKCFI 303

HKSAR V. LEYBAG ANTONIO JR. SALVADOR

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HKSAR V. FAN LEUNG KI

[2025] HKCFI 1067

HKSAR V. GOMES DE SOUSA EDER

[2025] HKCFI 1004

HKSAR V. TANG WING CHUNG

[2025] HKCFI 226

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[2025] HKCFI 1003

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HKSAR V. NG HO HIN

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[2024] HKCFI 1907

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[2024] HKCFI 1908

HKSAR V. KAM HO CHING

HKSAR V. FUNG KWAN TAI

[2024] HKCFI 2106

HKSAR V. WU KIN YIP

[2024] HKCFI 2086

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[2024] HKCFI 2088

HKSAR V. YIP WING SHING

[2024] HKCFI 2104

HKSAR V. NDLOVU NOLUSIZO YONELA

[2024] HKCFI 1857

HKSAR V. SHUM TAT WAI

[2024] HKCFI 1550

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[2024] HKCFI 1707

HKSAR V. LEE WAI LOK

[2024] HKCFI 1684

HKSAR V. KWOK SIN YING

[2024] HKCFI 1693

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HKSAR V. CHAN CHUN NA IVY

[2024] HKCFI 1245

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[2024] HKCFI 1100

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[2024] HKCFI 988

HKSAR V. CHAN HUNG LIT

[2024] HKCFI 945

HKSAR V. ZHENG JUN HAO (AKA CHAN WING KEUNG)

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Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 266 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

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22 April 2024

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[2026] HKCA 67 Court of Appeal

20 January 2026

[2024] HKCA 804 Court of Appeal

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