[2024] KEHC 13681 (KLR)
The court found that the application for sentence review to probation lacked merit as the sentence imposed was lawful, had already been upheld on appeal, and a similar application had previously been dismissed. The court further held that the application was res judicata and constituted an abuse of court process, as...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 13681 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Robert Akolo Kamaye; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application E216 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Application for Sentence Review/probation
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Defilement Offence, Sentence Review, Probation Application
- Source Language
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Parties
Robert Akolo Kamaye
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Application for Sentence Review/probation
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant is entitled to a review of sentence to probation based on alleged reformation.
- 2 Whether the application is res judicata and an abuse of court process.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the application for sentence review to probation lacked merit as the sentence imposed was lawful, had already been upheld on appeal, and a similar application had previously been dismissed. The court further held that the application was res judicata and constituted an abuse of court process, as the issues raised had already been conclusively determined in prior proceedings. There was no new or compelling evidence to warrant interference with the sentence, and the applicant's claim of reformation did not override the finality of the previous decisions.
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application dated 24th October 2024 is dismissed.
- File closed.
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Kamaye v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E216 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 13681 (KLR) (7 November 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 13681 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Miscellaneous Criminal Application E216 of 2024
RE Aburili, J
November 7, 2024
Between
Robert Akolo Kamaye
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
(From the original conviction and sentence in Winam Senior Principal Magistrate’s Court Criminal Sexual Offences Case No. 34 of 2019)
Ruling
1. The applicant Robert Akolo by his application dated 24th October 2024 is a convict in Winam SPM Sexual Offences Case No. 34 of 2019. He was sentenced to serve 10 years’ imprisonment for the offence of defilement contrary to Section 8(1) (4) of the Sexual Offences Act.
2. He claims that he applied vide Kisumu HC Misc. Criminal Application No. E042 of 2024 which was dismissed for lack of merit. He now applies for probation sentence because he is reformed as per the annexed certificates and recommendations by prisons authorities.
3. I have considered the application and I find no reason to interfere with the lawful sentence imposed by the trial court which sentence was upheld in HCCRA No. E27 of 2022 and a similar application for sentence review was dismissed vide Kisumu HC Misc. Criminal Application No. E042 of 2024.
4. This application not only lacks merit but is incompetent and is res judicata as well as an abuse of court process.
5. The application dated 24th October 2024 is dismissed.
6. Signal to issue.
7. File closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 7TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2024. R. E. ABURILIJUDGE