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Davids v S (A154/2018) [2018] ZAWCHC 161; 2019 (1) SACR 257 (WCC) (27 November 2018)
The High Court set aside a conviction and sentences after finding the admitted facts did not establish aggravating circumstances for robbery.
S v Msane and Another (96/2008) [2008] ZASCA 118; [2009] 1 All SA 454 (SCA) (26 September 2008)
The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld an attempted extortion sentence but ordered a drug-possession sentence to run concurrently to avoid duplication of punishment.
S v Dlamini and Another (175/01) [2006] ZASCA 164 (26 September 2006)
The court found that both appellants were correctly convicted of murder on the basis of dolus eventualis, as they appreciated the risk that their actions could result in the deceased's death and proceeded regardless. The evidence supported the conviction for housebreaking with intent to rob, as entry was gained unlawfully and with force. The trial court did not err in rejecting the appellants' personal circumstances as substantial and compelling for purposes of sentence reduction. However, the trial court misdirected itself by allowing the fatal consequences of the attack to aggravate the sen…
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S v Maraisana and Another (361/91, 369/91) [1992] ZASCA 138 (11 September 1992)
The court upheld the death sentence for murder but reduced the robbery sentence, finding the original 20-year term duplicated punishment for overlapping facts.
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