[2023] KEHC 3283 (KLR)
The court rejected the application for sentence revision because the applicant declined to indicate or disclose his abode, and the family and community are not willing to accept him back into society. These factors were deemed sufficient to deny the request for sentence review, and the file was marked as closed with...
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- Citation
- [2023] KEHC 3283 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: George Ochieng Dero; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision E127 of 2021
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- Sentence revision rejected; file marked as closed.
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Revision, Stock Theft, Imprisonment, Community Reintegration
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
George Ochieng Dero
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant is eligible for sentence revision given the circumstances of his conviction and post-sentencing conduct.
- 2 Whether refusal to disclose abode and lack of community acceptance are valid grounds to reject sentence revision.
Ratio Decidendi
The court rejected the application for sentence revision because the applicant declined to indicate or disclose his abode, and the family and community are not willing to accept him back into society. These factors were deemed sufficient to deny the request for sentence review, and the file was marked as closed with no further action pending.
Court Disposition
Sentence revision rejected; file marked as closed.
Orders
- Sentence revision is rejected.
- File is marked as closed as no other action is pending.
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Dero v Republic (Criminal Revision E127 of 2021) [2023] KEHC 3283 (KLR) (13 April 2023) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2023] KEHC 3283 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Criminal Revision E127 of 2021
RE Aburili, J
April 13, 2023
Between
George Ochieng Dero
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
Ruling
1. This mater was filed on December 20, 2022 for sentence revision. The convict applicant George Ochieng Dero was sentenced to serve four (4) years imprisonment for stock theft on November 2, 2022.
2. The file was acted on December 22, 2022 and sentence review rejected with the reasons given that the Convict declined to indicate or disclose his abode, the family and community are not willing to accept him back in the society.
3. This file is therefore marked as closed as no other action is pending.
4. Order to be extracted.
Dated, Signed and Delivered at Kisumu this 13th Day of April, 2023R E ABURILIJUDGE