[2019] KEHC 3448 (KLR)

[2019] KEHC 3448 (KLR)

The court found that the applicant's sentence had already been revised in a previous High Court Criminal Revision (HCR Rev. 146/2018), where the applicant was ordered to serve a Community Service Order at Ombeyi Secondary School. As the present application sought the same relief for the same sentence and applicant,...

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Citation
[2019] KEHC 3448 (KLR)
Parties
Applicant: Samson Odhiambo Odoro; Respondent: Republic
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Siaya
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Case Number
Criminal Revision 258 of 2018
Procedural Posture
Criminal Revision / Ruling on Application for Sentence Revision
Outcome
application struck out as duplicate; file closed
Judges
RE Aburili
Legal Topics
Sentence Revision, Community Service Order, Criminal Procedure, Duplicate Application
Source Language
en
Criminal Law Sentence Revision Community Service Order Criminal Procedure Duplicate Application

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Parties

Samson Odhiambo Odoro

Applicant

Republic

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Revision / Ruling on Application for Sentence Revision

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the application for sentence revision is maintainable given a prior revision order involving the same convict and sentence.
  2. 2 Whether the current application constitutes a duplication of proceedings.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that the applicant's sentence had already been revised in a previous High Court Criminal Revision (HCR Rev. 146/2018), where the applicant was ordered to serve a Community Service Order at Ombeyi Secondary School. As the present application sought the same relief for the same sentence and applicant, it was deemed a duplicate. The court held that entertaining the application would amount to an abuse of process and judicial resources. Accordingly, the application was struck out and the file closed.

Court Disposition

application struck out as duplicate; file closed

Orders

  • The application for revision of sentence is struck out as a duplicate.
  • The file is closed.