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High Court at Marsabit dismissed an appeal against a guilty plea conviction for threatening to kill and a ten-year sentence, holding the plea was unequivocal and the sentence was not manifestly excessive.
The High Court struck out, in limine, a further application to reduce a 40-year re-sentence for murder, holding that revisiting a sentence already substituted by a court of concurrent jurisdiction is an abuse of process.
The High Court denied bail pending trial to an accused charged with murder of two minors, finding compelling reasons based on flight risk and a possible risk of interfering with a prosecution witness.
High Court dismissed convicted appellants' application for bail pending appeal, finding no exceptional circumstances, no shown overwhelming chance of success, and insufficient ill health or family hardship grounds.
The High Court acquitted Mary Odongo of murder but convicted her of manslaughter, finding she caused her husband's fatal head injury by pushing him but lacked malice aforethought.
High Court ruling at the close of the prosecution case in a murder trial: a prima facie case was found and the accused was placed on his defence under Section 306 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
On first appeal, the High Court quashed a cannabis possession conviction, finding the charge poorly framed for two suspects and two recoveries, ownership of the kiosk unproven, and a government analyst report wrongly admitted through a police officer.
High Court revision on a cheating sentence: conviction was upheld, the fine-and-default imprisonment structure was found lawful, and custody credit of two days was ordered.
The High Court at Busia dismissed a convicted defilement appellant's application for bail pending appeal, holding that his grounds were general and triable only on full appeal, and that a fifteen-year sentence created a flight risk outweighing his prior bond compliance.
On first appeal from a defilement conviction, the High Court held that trial in the accused's absence on 9 May 2024, without inquiry into his absence, violated his fair trial rights under Article 50 of the Constitution and Section 206 of the CPC. The trial was declared a nullity and a retrial ordered before a…
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