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Dladla v S (AR708/16) [2018] ZAKZPHC 54 (10 August 2018)
The High Court upheld a sentence appeal and ordered all sentences to run concurrently, reducing the effective term from 60 years to 30 years.
Mokgale and Another v S (A739/2016) [2017] ZAGPPHC 476 (11 August 2017)
The High Court upheld a sentence appeal and replaced lengthy cumulative sentences with life imprisonment for murder, ordering all other sentences to run concurrently.
Mafoho v S (149/2012) [2013] ZASCA 49; 2013 (2) SACR 179 (SCA) (28 March 2013)
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the appellant's sentence of 275 years' imprisonment, although excessive, does not require interference because the Parole and Correctional Supervision Amendment Act 87 of 1997 entitles prisoners serving determinate sentences to be considered for parole after serving 25 years, regardless of the length of the sentence. The court found that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to impose life imprisonment at the time, and thus substitution of the sentence was not competent. The appellant's reliance on cases involving prescribed life sentences was misplac…
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