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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 8257 (KLR)

Barno v Republic

Barno v Republic [2025] KEHC 8257 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E027 of 2024
Judge
RN Nyakundi

The High Court held that the trial court exercised its sentencing discretion appropriately and that there was no error of fact or law, nor any exceptional or compelling circumstances, to warrant interference with the sentence. The applicant's status as a first offender and his plea for leniency were considered, but the sentence was found to be proportionate to the offence. The application for sentence review was therefore dismissed under section 382 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

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  • Sentence Review
  • Appellate Discretion
  • Handling Stolen Goods
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 6623 (KLR)

Ambani v Republic

Ambani v Republic [2025] KEHC 6623 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E033 of 2022
Judge
WM Musyoka

The High Court found that the entire actus reus of robbery with violence occurred in Uganda, outside Kenyan territory, and thus the trial court lacked territorial jurisdiction under sections 5 and 6 of the Penal Code. No part of the offence was committed in Kenya, and the evidence did not support a finding that any element of the robbery occurred within Kenyan jurisdiction. As a result, the trial was a nullity. The alternative charge of handling stolen goods, being dependent on the main count, could not stand once the main count was found incompetent for want of jurisdiction. The conviction a…

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  • Territorial Jurisdiction
  • Robbery With Violence
  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Fair Trial Rights
  • Defective Charges
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 4549 (KLR)

Wachira & another v Republic

Wachira & another v Republic [2025] KEHC 4549 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Revision E153 of 2024
Judge
FN Muchemi

The court is legally obligated under Section 333(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code to take into account the period an offender spent in custody prior to sentencing, and failure to do so requires that the sentence commencement date be adjusted to the date of arrest to reflect this period.

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  • Sentence Review
  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Application Of Section 333 2 Criminal Procedure Code
  • Mitigating And Aggravating Circumstances
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 3974 (KLR)

Lentiyo v Republic

Lentiyo v Republic [2025] KEHC 3974 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E007 of 2024
Judge
AK Ndung'u

The High Court partly allowed a criminal appeal, quashing convictions for burglary and handling stolen goods because of a defective charge sheet, but upheld a conviction for conveying suspected stolen property.

  • Defective Charge Sheet
  • Burglary
  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Conveying Suspected Stolen Property
  • Concurrent Sentences
  • Burden Of Proof
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 5016 (KLR)

Sang v Republic

Sang v Republic [2025] KEHC 5016 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E002 of 2024
Judge
GL Nzioka

High Court resentenced the appellant to five years’ imprisonment after quashing a robbery with violence conviction and substituting a conviction for handling stolen property.

  • Robbery With Violence
  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Sentencing Principles
  • Pre Sentence Reports
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Handling-stolen-goods
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 2862 (KLR)

Omukanakana v Republic

Omukanakana v Republic [2025] KEHC 2862 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Appeal E063 of 2022
Judge
AB Mwamuye

The High Court at Kisumu quashed robbery with violence and housebreaking convictions, substituting a conviction for handling stolen goods and ordering time served.

  • Robbery With Violence
  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Identification Evidence
  • Burden Of Proof
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Robbery-with-violence
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 16821 (KLR)

Neliko v Republic

Neliko v Republic [2025] KEHC 16821 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Revision E017 of 2025
Judge
WA Okwany

The High Court revised a custodial sentence for handling stolen goods into a Community Service Order after noting the probation report and time already served.

  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Sentencing Review
  • Community Service Orders
  • Handling-stolen-goods
  • Sentence-revision
  • Community-service-orders
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 2198 (KLR)

Neliko v Republic

Neliko v Republic [2025] KEHC 2198 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Revision E017 of 2025
Judge
WA Okwany

The High Court revised a sentence for handling stolen goods and substituted the remaining custodial term with a Community Service Order.

  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Sentencing Review
  • Community Service Order
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Handling-stolen-goods
  • Community-service-order
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 617 (KLR)

Mwangi v Republic

Mwangi v Republic [2025] KEHC 617 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Revision E544 of 2024
Judge
PN Gichohi

The High Court revised a two-year prison sentence to probation after a guilty plea, a favorable probation report, and the need to decongest prison.

  • Burglary
  • Stealing
  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Sentencing Revision
  • Probation Orders
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal Law [2025] KEHC 561 (KLR)

Langat & another v Republic

Langat & another v Republic [2025] KEHC 561 (KLR)

Court
High Court
Case number
Criminal Revision E310 of 2024
Judge
PN Gichohi

The High Court at Nakuru found the criminal revision moot because the applicants had already fully served their 12-month sentences, and closed the file.

  • Store Breaking
  • Handling Stolen Goods
  • Sentencing Review
  • Criminal-revision
  • Mootness
  • Sentencing-review
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