[2024] KEHC 550 (KLR)
The court found that the applicant had already benefited from appellate review, which reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to twenty years. The applicant failed to provide court proceedings or demonstrate any new or exceptional circumstances warranting further resentencing. Additionally, he had not served...
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- Citation
- [2024] KEHC 550 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Fredrick Omondi Omondi; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Criminal Petition E002 of 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Petition / Ruling on Resentencing Application
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Resentencing, Incest Offence, Sentence Reduction, Sexual Offences Act
- Source Language
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Parties
Fredrick Omondi Omondi
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Petition / Ruling on Resentencing Application
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant is entitled to resentencing after the High Court already reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to twenty years.
- 2 Whether the court can exercise discretion to further reduce the sentence when the applicant has not served two-thirds of the imposed sentence.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the applicant had already benefited from appellate review, which reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to twenty years. The applicant failed to provide court proceedings or demonstrate any new or exceptional circumstances warranting further resentencing. Additionally, he had not served two-thirds of the sentence imposed. Consequently, the court held that it had no basis or discretion to further reduce the sentence and dismissed the application.
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application for resentencing is dismissed.
- The file is closed.
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Omondi v Republic (Criminal Petition E002 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 550 (KLR) (26 January 2024) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 550 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Criminal Petition E002 of 2024
RE Aburili, J
January 26, 2024
Between
Fredrick Omondi Omondi
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
(Arising from the original conviction and sentence in Senior Principal Magistrate Court Criminal Sexual Offences Case No. 338 of 2016 at Winam)
Ruling
1. The Applicant seeks for resentencing in Winam SPM Sexual Offences Case No. 338 of 2016 wherein he was sentenced to life imprisonment which was reduced to twenty (20) years imprisonment on appeal vide HCCRA No. 52 of 2018.
2. He has been in prison for six (6) years now. He has however not annexed any court proceedings for this court to appreciate circumstances under which the offence of incest was committed, attracting such heavy penalty.
3. In addition, the High Court already reduced his sentence to twenty (20) years in prison from life imprisonment.
4. He has not served 2/3 of the sentence reimposed. I am unable to exercise any discretion in the case.
5. I decline the application and dismiss it. I so order. This file is closed.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 26THDAY OF JANUARY, 2024R. E. ABURILIJUDGE