Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Kenya decisions
Decisions matching the current search
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.
Kenya's High Court dismissed a constitutional petition by two county officials seeking to halt investigations and possible charges over alleged obstruction during an anti-corruption search, finding the claims premature and speculative.
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 Mombasa Magistrate's Court convicted a lorry driver of causing death by dangerous driving after finding he left a stationary trailer partly on a night-time roadway, creating an obstruction into which the deceased's vehicle collided.
Explore more
