Likai v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E185 of 2021) [2023] KEHC 151 (KLR) (4 January 2023) (Ruling)
- Court
- High Court of Kenya
- Case number
- 151
- Citation
- [2023] KEHC 151 (KLR)
- Decided
- 4 January 2023
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TypeMiscellaneous Criminal ApplicationPostureApplication for sentence review dismissedCoramGL NZIOKA
Holding
The filing of the application amounts to an abuse of the court process and is therefore struck out.
Facts
The applicant was convicted and sentenced to death for robbery with violence, and subsequently appealed but the appeal was dismissed. He then filed a Miscellaneous Application for re-sentencing which was also dismissed. He has now filed another application for sentence review.
Issues
- Abuse of process
- Finality of judicial decisions
Reasoning
The court found that once the appeal was heard and a final decision rendered, the court became functus officio, and cannot re-open its decisions.
Outcome
Application dismissed
Orders
- Application struck out as an abuse of process
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