Jamila Mohammed Beta

Main subject areas

Activity

Published decisions from 2013 to 2026; busiest year 2024 (122 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (75); Affirmed (15); Appeal allowed (11); Application dismissed (8)
• Criminal Appeal: Appeal dismissed (40); Affirmed (8); Affirmed the conviction and sentence. (3); Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside (3)
• Appeal: Appeal dismissed (6); Affirmed (4)
• Civil Application: Application dismissed (6); Dismissed (5); Dismissed with costs (3); Appeal dismissed (3)
• Criminal Appeal (Application): Application dismissed (5)

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

Most-cited legislation

• Criminal Procedure Code (38)
• Sexual Offences Act (37)
• Penal Code (22)
• Civil Procedure Act (16)
• Evidence Act (15)
• Court of Appeal Rules (14)
• Appellate Jurisdiction Act (12)
• Court of Appeal Rules, 2022 (11)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Second Appeal (65), Appeal from the High Court judgment (44), Application for stay of execution pending appeal (22)
• [Civil Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 113/510, Application dismissed: 41/510, Dismissed: 22/510, Appeal allowed: 20/510
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 116/276, Affirmed: 16/276, Appeal allowed: 7/276, Appeal allowed, conviction quashed, sentence set aside: 6/276
• [civil] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 12/29, Appeal dismissed with costs: 2/29, Affirmed: 2/29, dismissed with costs: 2/29
• [Appeal] outcomes — Appeal dismissed: 22/72, Affirmed: 6/72, Appeal allowed: 5/72, Appeal granted: 3/72
• [Civil Application] outcomes — Application dismissed: 13/80, Appeal dismissed: 7/80, Application granted: 5/80, The application is allowed.: 4/80

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~18520 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• Injunction (4)
• None (3)
• Costs to the 1st respondent (2)
• Stay of execution of the High Court's orders (2)
• Stay of execution pending appeal (2)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 1.4
• Frequently applied statutes: Criminal Procedure Code (97), Penal Code (80), Court of Appeal Rules (48), Sexual Offences Act (45), Civil Procedure Act (30)