[2008] KEHC 2604 (KLR)
The High Court found that, considering the offence of stealing stock and the appellant's mitigation, including his claimed reformation and the lack of opposition from the state, it was proper to reconsider the sentence. The court exercised its discretion to substitute the original sentence of 3 years imprisonment...
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- Citation
- [2008] KEHC 2604 (KLR)
- Parties
- Appellant: Bernard Mwangi Mbogo; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Nyeri
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Appeal 197 of 2005
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment
- Outcome
- sentence varied
- Legal Topics
- Sentencing Principles, Stealing Stock, Mitigation, Appeal Against Sentence
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Bernard Mwangi Mbogo
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentence of 3 years imprisonment imposed by the lower court was appropriate in the circumstances.
- 2 Whether the appellant's mitigation and change of character warranted a reduction of sentence.
Ratio Decidendi
The High Court found that, considering the offence of stealing stock and the appellant's mitigation, including his claimed reformation and the lack of opposition from the state, it was proper to reconsider the sentence. The court exercised its discretion to substitute the original sentence of 3 years imprisonment with a reduced sentence of 2 years imprisonment, to run from the date of conviction by the lower court.
Court Disposition
sentence varied
Orders
- The appellant's sentence of 3 years imprisonment is substituted with 2 years imprisonment.
- The 2 years imprisonment shall run from the date of conviction by the lower court.
Full Case Text
Judgment text and source record
12 paragraphs
REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NYERI CRIMINAL APPEAL 197 OF 2005
BERNARD MWANGI MBOGO ………….….… APPELLANT
versus
REPUBLIC …………………………..……… RESPONDENT
(Being appeal against the sentence by P. NDITIKA, Senior Resident Magistrate, in the
Senior Resident Magistrate’s Criminal Case No. 2527 of 2003 at Kerugoya)
JUDGMENT
The Appellant in the lower court was charged with stealing stock contrary to Section 278 of the Penal Code. After the trial he was convicted and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment. He filed the present appeal against conviction and sentence. When the appeal came up for hearing the Appellant abandoned his appeal against conviction and instead proceeded with his appeal against sentence. In his submissions the Appellant said that since his imprisonment he had changed his character and that he was now a born against Christian. The appeal on that ground was not opposed by the state. When the appellant was convicted on 19th May 2005, the court found that he was unsuitable for probation.
I have considered the offence that the Appellant was convicted on by the lower court and I have also considered the mitigation he submitted on that conviction and the mitigation before this court. I find that it is proper for the court to reconsider the sentence imposed by the lower court and in that regard this court does hereby substitute the appellant’s sentence from the 3 years imposed by the lower court to 2 years imprisonment. The two years of imprisonment that this court substitutes in this appeal shall begin to run from the date of conviction by the lower court. Those then are the orders of this court.
DATED AND DELIVERED THIS 22ND DAY OF JANUARY, 2008.
MARY KASANGO
JUDGE