DATU NASIR INDAL JAYA vs PP - 2023 MarsdenLR 1750

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2023 MarsdenLR 1750

HIGH COURT SABAH & SARAWAK SANDAKAN
DATU NASIR INDAL JAYA – Appellant
Versus
PP – Respondent

Petitioner Advocates:Mohd Zairi Zainal Abidin ,Respondent Advocate: Lim Sze Chuen

Table of Content
1. conviction for drug possession. (Para 1 , 2)
2. duties of appellate court outlined. (Para 3 , 4)
3. appellant's grounds of appeal. (Para 5 , 6)
4. details of drug seizure. (Para 8 , 9)
5. challenge to evidence handling. (Para 10 , 11 , 12)
6. cross-examination rules discussed. (Para 13 , 14)
7. evaluation of evidence by magistrate. (Para 15 , 16 , 17)
8. no error in conviction upheld. (Para 18 , 19)
9. denial as a defense insufficient. (Para 20 , 21 , 22)
10. allegations of police framing addressed. (Para 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28)
11. appellate court's role in sentencing. (Para 29 , 30 , 31 , 32)

Celestina Stuel Galid J:

Introduction

[1] The appeal concerned the decision of the Magistrates' Court in convicting and sentencing the appellant/accused for possessing 18.43 grams of Methamphetamine, an offence under s 12(2) and punishable under s 39A(1)(r) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 ("the DDA ").

[2] The appellant was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment from the date of his conviction on 29 November 2022 and 3 strokes of whipping.

Duty Of An Appellate Court

[3] The Court reminded itself that it is the duty of an appellate Court in a criminal case to consider whether the convic

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2023 MarsdenLR 1750

HIGH COURT SABAH & SARAWAK SANDAKANDATU NASIR INDAL JAYA – AppellantVersusPP – Respondent

Cases Referred (9)

HIGH COURT SABAH & SARAWAK SANDAKAN
DATU NASIR INDAL JAYA – Appellant
Versus
PP – Respondent