Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz
About Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz
Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2024–2025). These were heard before MYCOA (3).
On the court record
The reported matters concentrate on appellate criminal defence and resentencing in capital cases after the abolition of the mandatory death penalty, grounded in Court of Appeal judgments.
Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz's reported matters are criminal-defence appeals in capital offences before the Court of Appeal, and are notable for the way they engage the recent reform of the death penalty. A murder appeal illustrates the point: the appellant had been convicted under section 302 of the Penal Code, and the appeal against sentence engaged the discretion the courts now have, under the framework introduced by the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023, to impose an alternative sentence. Appearing for the appellant, the Court affirmed the sentence imposed by the High Court of thirty years' imprisonment from the date of arrest together with twelve strokes of whipping, and dismissed the appeal against sentence.
The profile also includes capital drug appeals. In related appeals the appellants had been convicted of trafficking in dangerous drugs under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and sentenced by the High Court to death. Appearing for the appellants, the Court affirmed the convictions but allowed the appeals against sentence, setting aside the sentence of death and substituting a term of thirty years' imprisonment from the date of arrest together with fifteen strokes of whipping, giving effect to the discretion now available in place of the mandatory death penalty.
A thread across these decisions is the resentencing of the gravest offences following the abolition of the mandatory death penalty, where the defence, having failed or not pressed the challenge to conviction, succeeds in persuading the Court to impose a term of years in place of death. The reported work is thus concentrated in serious criminal defence, argued before the Court of Appeal of Malaysia in appeals against conviction and sentence, and grounded in the judgments rather than any ranking. The matters show the practical effect of the 2023 reform on capital cases already in the appellate pipeline.
How many cases has Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz appeared in?
Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2024–2025).
Which courts does Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz appear in?
Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz appears before MYCOA (3).
What kind of work do Azamuddin bin Abd Aziz's reported cases involve?
They are criminal-defence appeals before the Court of Appeal in capital offences, including a murder charge under section 302 of the Penal Code and drug trafficking under section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, engaging the reform of the death penalty.
How did the death-penalty reform affect the drug appeals?
Appearing for the appellants, the Court affirmed the convictions but allowed the appeals against sentence, setting aside the death sentences and substituting thirty years' imprisonment from the date of arrest together with fifteen strokes of whipping, under the discretion now available.
What sentence was affirmed in the murder appeal?
The Court affirmed the High Court's sentence of thirty years' imprisonment from the date of arrest together with twelve strokes of whipping, dismissing the appeal against sentence, in a matter engaging the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023.