[2013] KEHC 4511 (KLR)
The court found that the appellant, having filed a petition and grounds of appeal but taken no further steps, and having likely completed the sentence, is deemed to have lost interest in the appeal. The appeal is therefore considered abandoned and the file is closed.
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- Citation
- [2013] KEHC 4511 (KLR)
- Parties
- Appellant: Doris Kagwiria Musa; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Meru
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Appeal 31 of 2004
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal deemed abandoned and file closed.
- Legal Topics
- Abandonment of Appeal, Completion of Sentence, Appeal Procedure
- Source Language
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Parties
Doris Kagwiria Musa
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Ruling on Abandonment of Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appeal should proceed where the appellant has taken no further steps and has likely completed the sentence.
- 2 Whether the appeal is deemed abandoned due to inaction by the appellant.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the appellant, having filed a petition and grounds of appeal but taken no further steps, and having likely completed the sentence, is deemed to have lost interest in the appeal. The appeal is therefore considered abandoned and the file is closed.
Court Disposition
Appeal deemed abandoned and file closed.
Orders
- This appeal is considered abandoned and file closed.
Full Case Text
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REPUBLIC OF KENYA
High Court at Meru
Criminal Appeal 31 of 2004 [if !mso]> <style> v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]
DORIS KAGWIRIA MUSA………………………………………… APPELLANT
VERSUS
REPUBLIC……………………………………………….…………RESPONDENT
R U L I N G
The Appellant was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment In Principal Magistrate’s court Maua on 2nd December, 2003.
He filed a petition and grounds of Appeal. No further step was taken in the appeal. Appellant must have completed sentence by now. The Appellant is considered to have lost interest in his appeal. This appeal is considered abandoned and file closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED THIS 26th DAY OF MARCH, 2013
LESIIT, J.
JUDGE.
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