Patrick Patrick Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2010 to 2026; busiest year 2021 (41 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (8); Affirmed (5)
• Criminal Appeal: Affirmed (7); Appeal dismissed (4); Affirmed the conviction and sentence (2); Affirmation of conviction (1)
• Constitutional Petition: Affirmed (3); The court dismissed the preliminary objections. (1)
• Criminal: Convicted of murder (2)
• civil appeal: Appeal dismissed (2); The appeal is upheld, and the special damages award is uphel (1)

Counts are per published decision as classified by AI; not comparable across courts or years.

Most-cited legislation

• Penal Code (11)
• Law of Succession Act (11)
• Criminal Procedure Code (9)
• Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (6)
• Evidence Act (5)
• Civil Procedure Act (5)
• Probate and Administration Rules (5)
• Civil Procedure Rules (4)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: First Appeal (9), Appeal from original conviction and sentence (6), Appeal from a conviction for murder (6)
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 8/30, Affirmed: 5/30, Appeal not dismissed; Appellant directed to file certified copy of decree within 10 days: 1/30, Affirmed the trial court's judgment.: 1/30
• [Miscellaneous Application] outcomes — Application dismissed: 1/4, Appeal dismissed: 1/4, The court ruled that the subject application is a suit and can be initiated by presenting a petition or an originating summons.: 1/4, Client's application partially allowed: 1/4
• [Civil] outcomes — The Plaintiff's claim against the 1st Defendant was upheld.: 1/7, The suit by Kenya Ports Authority was dismissed with no costs. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on the remaining issues.: 1/7, The order granting costs to the plaintiff was set aside.: 1/7, Dismissed: 1/7
• [Consitutional Petition] outcomes — The court grants the conservatory orders.: 1/1
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Affirmed: 7/22, Appeal dismissed: 4/22, Affirmed the conviction and sentence: 2/22, Conviction and sentence upheld: 1/22

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~22916 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Recovery of the sum of Ksh 73,658,275.79 (1)
• Conservatory orders to release the confiscated items. (1)
• Redistribution of Stanley Mugambi's share to his surviving wife (1)
• Cancellation of land titles resulting from the subdivision (1)
• Order of mandamus (1)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.4
• Frequently applied statutes: Law of Succession Act (11), Penal Code (11), Criminal Procedure Code (9), Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (6), Civil Procedure Act (5)