Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad
About Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad
Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYCOA (3).
On the court record
The reported matters document prosecution advocacy in drug appeals, both defending convictions and challenging acquittals, grounded in Court of Appeal judgments.
Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad appears in the reported corpus as counsel for the prosecution in criminal appeals before the Court of Appeal, principally in drug cases under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. One appeal concerned a conviction for trafficking under section 39B(1)(a), where the issues were possession or custody and knowledge of the drugs, the presumption of trafficking under section 37(da), and the adequacy of the defence raised. Appearing for the prosecution, the Court found the conviction unsafe, allowed the appellant's appeal against conviction and ordered that the appellant be discharged and acquitted, setting aside the earlier High Court decision, an outcome that illustrates that the prosecution does not always prevail on appeal.
In related appeals the prosecution was itself the appellant. There, an accused and another had been charged with several offences under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, and at the close of the prosecution case the High Court had found that a prima facie case had not been made out on all the charges and had acquitted the accused. Appearing for the prosecution, the Court allowed the prosecution's appeal, set aside the acquittal and ordered that the accused be called to enter a defence on all the charges, restoring the case to trial.
A thread across these decisions is the state's conduct of drug prosecutions on appeal, both in defending a conviction and in challenging an acquittal entered at the half-way stage, where the central questions are possession, knowledge and the operation of the statutory presumptions. The reported work is thus concentrated in criminal appellate practice on the prosecution side, argued before the Court of Appeal of Malaysia under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, and grounded in the judgments rather than any ranking. The matters show the appellate court testing the sufficiency of the evidence in both directions.
How many cases has Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad appeared in?
Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad appear in?
Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad appears before MYCOA (3).
On which side do Aznee Salmie binti Ahmad's reported cases place her?
She appeared for the prosecution in criminal appeals before the Court of Appeal, principally in drug cases under the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, both defending a conviction and challenging an acquittal.
What happened in the trafficking appeal against conviction?
Appearing for the prosecution, the Court found the conviction under section 39B(1)(a) unsafe, allowed the appellant's appeal, ordered the appellant discharged and acquitted, and set aside the earlier High Court decision.
What did the Court decide in the prosecution's own appeal?
Where the High Court had acquitted the accused for want of a prima facie case at the close of the prosecution case, the Court allowed the prosecution's appeal, set aside the acquittal and ordered the accused to be called to enter a defence on all the charges.