[2022] KEHC 16783 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant had already served over one year in custody, demonstrated remorse, and was a suitable candidate for a non-custodial sentence as recommended by the presentence report. In the context of prison decongestion, the court exercised its discretion to revise the sentence from imprisonment...
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- Citation
- [2022] KEHC 16783 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Victor Ochieng Nyede; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Siaya
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Revision E082 of 2022
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Revision / Ruling on Application for Sentence Revision
- Outcome
- Sentence revised; applicant released from prison to serve nine months of unpaid community service.
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Sentence Revision, Incitement to Violence, Obstruction of Police Officer
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Parties
Victor Ochieng Nyede
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling on Application for Sentence Revision
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant's sentence should be revised in light of time already served in custody and the presentence report.
- 2 Whether community service is an appropriate alternative to continued imprisonment for the offences committed.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant had already served over one year in custody, demonstrated remorse, and was a suitable candidate for a non-custodial sentence as recommended by the presentence report. In the context of prison decongestion, the court exercised its discretion to revise the sentence from imprisonment to unpaid community service for nine months under supervision, considering the interests of justice and rehabilitation.
Court Disposition
Sentence revised; applicant released from prison to serve nine months of unpaid community service.
Orders
- The applicant Victor Ochieng Nyede shall be released from prison to serve unpaid Community Service at the nearest police post for a period of nine months from the date of release, under supervision of the Officer Incharge as identified by the Probation Officer.
- File closed.
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Nyede v Republic (Criminal Revision E082 of 2022) [2022] KEHC 16783 (KLR) (20 December 2022) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2022] KEHC 16783 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Siaya
Criminal Revision E082 of 2022
RE Aburili, J
December 20, 2022
Between
Victor Ochieng Nyede
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
(Being an Application for sentence revision in Siaya CM’s Criminal Case No. E842 of 2021 delivered by Hon. B. Benjamin Limo, Senior Resident Magistrate on 20. 7.2022)
Ruling
1. The convict Victor Ochieng Nyede was sentenced to serve two (2) years imprisonment for the offences of obstruction of a police officer and incitement to violence.
2. He pleaded guilty after a while. He was arrested on November 8, 2021. He was sentence on July 20, 2022 after changing his plea.
3. The presentence report shows he was remorseful. He had been in custody since November 8, 2021 which is over one year now.
4. In the spirit of prison decongestion, I order that the convict Victor Ochieng Nyede shall be released from prison to serve unpaid Community Service at the nearest police post for a period of nine months from the date of release, to be under supervision of the Officer Incharge of the nearest police post to his home as shall be identified by the Probation Officer.
5. File closed.
6. I so order.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT SIAYA, THIS 20THDAY OF DECEMBER, 2022R.E. ABURILIJUDGE