[2022] KEHC 14591 (KLR)
The court found that the petition for resentencing was devoid of substance and unsupported because the petitioner failed to provide the necessary documents, specifically the judgment and proceedings from the trial court. Without these materials, the court could not assess the circumstances of the offence or...
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- Citation
- [2022] KEHC 14591 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Peter Ochieng Amimo; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Petition E005 of 2020
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Petition / Ruling on Petition for Resentencing
- Outcome
- petition dismissed
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Resentencing, Sexual Offences, Defilement, Life Imprisonment
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Peter Ochieng Amimo
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Petition / Ruling on Petition for Resentencing
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the petition for resentencing is supported by sufficient material to warrant consideration.
- 2 Whether the petitioner provided the necessary documents from the trial court to support his application for resentencing.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the petition for resentencing was devoid of substance and unsupported because the petitioner failed to provide the necessary documents, specifically the judgment and proceedings from the trial court. Without these materials, the court could not assess the circumstances of the offence or determine whether resentencing was warranted. The absence of a pending appeal before the Court of Appeal was confirmed, but this did not cure the fundamental defect of lack of supporting evidence. Consequently, the petition was dismissed and the file closed.
Court Disposition
petition dismissed
Orders
- The petition for resentencing is dismissed.
- This file is hereby closed.
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Amimo v Republic (Criminal Petition E005 of 2020) [2022] KEHC 14591 (KLR) (25 October 2022) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2022] KEHC 14591 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Criminal Petition E005 of 2020
RE Aburili, J
October 25, 2022
Between
Peter Ochieng Amimo
Petitioner
and
Republic
Respondent
Ruling
1. The Petition was filed on 28/9/2020. To date, it is still pending because the Petitioner took long to clarify whether he had filed an appeal to the Court of Appeal or not.
2. The Deputy Registrar, Court of Appeal Kisumu wrote to this court on 25/8/2022 intimating that the Petitioner has no such appeal pending before the Court of Appeal.
3. I have perused the petition for resentencing and I find no material to support the petition.
4. The Petitioner was expected to file copies of judgment and proceedings from the trial court to inform this court of circumstances surrounding the offence of defilement contrary to Section 8(1) as read with Section 8(2) of the Sexual Offence Act wherein he was sentenced to serve life imprisonment.
5. For the aforesaid reasons, I find this petition devoid of any substance, it is unsupported. It is hereby dismissed.
6. This file is hereby closed.
7. I so order.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2022. R.E. ABURILIJUDGE