[2024] KEHC 5296 (KLR)
The High Court determined that it lacks jurisdiction to further review or reduce a sentence that was imposed by a court of concurrent jurisdiction, especially where the sentence was already substituted from death to a term of years following a resentencing petition. The application for review of the 30-year...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 5296 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Dennis Ombese Kebati; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision E023 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Murder Sentencing, Sentence Review, Jurisdiction of High Court
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Dennis Ombese Kebati
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the High Court has jurisdiction to review a sentence it previously imposed after resentencing.
- 2 Whether the applicant is entitled to a further reduction of his 30-year imprisonment sentence.
Ratio Decidendi
The High Court determined that it lacks jurisdiction to further review or reduce a sentence that was imposed by a court of concurrent jurisdiction, especially where the sentence was already substituted from death to a term of years following a resentencing petition. The application for review of the 30-year imprisonment sentence was therefore dismissed as the court was functus officio regarding the matter.
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application for review of the 30-year imprisonment sentence is dismissed.
- This file is closed. Signal to issue.
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Kebati v Republic (Criminal Revision E023 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 5296 (KLR) (17 May 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 5296 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Criminal Revision E023 of 2024
RE Aburili, J
May 17, 2024
Between
Dennis Ombese Kebati
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
(From the original conviction and sentence in the High Court Criminal Case No. 27 of 2015 at Kisumu)
Ruling
1. The Applicant is a convict in Kisumu HCCR Case No. 27 of 2015 for the offence of murder contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to death.
2. He petitioned for resentencing vide HCCR Petition No. 37 of 2018 and the death sentence was substituted with thirty (30) years imprisonment.
3. He now seeks for review of that sentence.
4. This court has no jurisdiction to further reduce his term sentence which was imposed by this very court of concurrent jurisdiction.
5. The application for review of sentence of 30 years imprisonment is dismissed.
6. This file is closed. Signal to issue.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 17TH DAY OF MAY, 2024R. E. ABURILIJUDGE