[2025] KEHC 3036 (KLR)
The court found that the trial court had already considered all relevant mitigating factors, including the applicant's status as a first offender, time spent in remand, and his mitigation statement. The sentence imposed was legal and appropriate in the circumstances. There was no good cause or reason presented to...
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- Citation
- [2025] KEHC 3036 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Derrick Juma Wendo; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kibera
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application E031 of 2025
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Sentence Review Ruling
- Outcome
- application dismissed
- Judges
- DR Kavedza
- Legal Topics
- Robbery With Violence, Sentence Review, Mitigation, Remorse and Rehabilitation
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Derrick Juma Wendo
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Sentence Review Ruling
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentence imposed for robbery with violence should be revised to a non-custodial sentence.
- 2 Whether the applicant's mitigation, remorse, and rehabilitation justify sentence revision.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the trial court had already considered all relevant mitigating factors, including the applicant's status as a first offender, time spent in remand, and his mitigation statement. The sentence imposed was legal and appropriate in the circumstances. There was no good cause or reason presented to justify revising the sentence. Therefore, the application for sentence review was dismissed.
Court Disposition
application dismissed
Orders
- The application for sentence review is dismissed.
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Wendo v Republic (Miscellaneous Criminal Application E031 of 2025) [2025] KEHC 3036 (KLR) (17 March 2025) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2025] KEHC 3036 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kibera
Miscellaneous Criminal Application E031 of 2025
DR Kavedza, J
March 17, 2025
Between
Derrick Juma Wendo
Applicant
and
Republic
Respondent
Ruling
1. The applicant was charged and after a full trial convicted for the offence of robbery with violence contrary to section 296(2) of the Penal Code. He was sentenced to serve twenty (20) years imprisonment.
2. He has filed the present application dated 14th February 2025 seeking sentence review. The grounds raised are that he is the sole breadwinner in his family who have suffered since his incarceration. He is remorseful for the offence committed. He has undergone rehabilitation. He urged the court to revise the sentence of the trial court to a non-custodial sentence.
3. I have considered the application, the grounds in support and the applicable law. From the record of the trial court, the court considered the applicant’s mitigation, the time spent in remand custody and the fact that the applicant was a first offender before sentencing. Having considered the application in its totality. The sentence imposed was also legal in the circumstances of the case.
4. In my view I find no good cause or reason to revise the sentence imposed by the trial court. The application dismissed.
RULING DATED AND DELIVERED VIRTUALLY THIS 17TH MARCH 2025. ____________D. KAVEDZAJUDGE