ROBERT MELE KIWO V REPUBLIC [2012] KEHC 1685 (KLR)
- Court
- High Court of Kenya
- Case number
- 1685
- Citation
- [2012] KEHC 1685 (KLR)
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TypeMiscellaneous Criminal ApplicationPostureAppeal from conviction and sentenceCoramA. MBOGHOLI MSAGHA
Holding
The sentences shall run concurrently.
Facts
The applicant was convicted of 12 offences including making a document without authority, uttering a false document, personation, and attempting to steal. The sentences were to run consecutively.
Issues
- Whether the sentences should run concurrently instead of consecutively.
- Whether the applicant should be given a second chance to serve the community, family, and country at large.
Reasoning
The court found that the offences were not part of the same transaction and thus sentences should run consecutively.
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- Sentences to run concurrently
Authorities cited
Legislation (5)
- Section 357 of the Penal Code
- Section 353 of the Penal Code
- Section 382 of the Penal Code
- Section 275 of the Penal Code
- Section 389 of the Penal Code
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