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The Court of Appeal upheld Harerimana Jean-Baptiste’s life sentence for murder, holding that guilty pleas and remorse do not automatically require sentence reduction.
The Court of Appeal held that second-appeal jurisdiction depends on damages actually awarded below, not the amount claimed by the appellant.
The Court of Appeal reduced a 25-year sentence to 15 years, holding that the appellant’s age, guilty plea, first offense, and remorse justified further mitigation.
The Court of Appeal held that the employer’s failure to notify the proper labour inspector made the redundancy unlawful, awarding unfair-dismissal compensation.
The Court of Appeal held that a guilty plea only mitigates sentence if made before the close of first-instance trial, but reduced the sentence for first-time offender status.
The conviction was based on consistent witness statements during investigation, corroborated by physical evidence and local authority reports. Later contradictory statements lacked credibility. However, the sentence was reduced to align with proportionality and precedent for similar cases, considering the defendant's first-time offense and the relatively small quantity of drugs involved.
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The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction for marijuana possession and trafficking, but reduced the sentence to 16 years' imprisonment and a 5,000,000 Frw fine.
The Court of Appeal held that Bimenyimana Steven could not receive a further prison-term reduction on appeal, but it reduced his fine from 15,000,000 Frw to 5,000,000 Frw.
The Court of Appeal held that Ndayambaje Olivier’s sentence could not be reduced further because the High Court had already lowered it to the statutory minimum.
The court found that evidence showed Uwamahoro Jeanne was engaged in trafficking cannabis, not mere possession, as she was apprehended while delivering the drugs to a buyer. The court held that the correct conviction was for trafficking, but, considering her status as a first-time offender and the quantity involved, reduced the sentence to 16 years imprisonment and a fine of 5,000,000 Frw.
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