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Criminal Law [2020] ZAFSHC 107

S v Marotholi (R47/2020)

S v Marotholi (R47/2020) [2020] ZAFSHC 107 (18 June 2020)

Court
Free State High Court, Bloemfontein
Case number
R47/2020
Judges
Majosi, Reinders

Automatic review of a theft conviction and 18-month sentence was dismissed after the High Court found no prejudice from omitted rights explanations.

  • Right To Legal Representation
  • Competent Verdicts
  • Fair Trial
  • Sentencing Principles
  • Theft
  • Firearms Control Act Declaration
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Criminal Law [2018] ZALMPTHC 3

S v Magadze (17/2018, A390/2017)

S v Magadze (17/2018, A390/2017) [2018] ZALMPTHC 3 (20 February 2018)

Court
Limpopo High Court, Thohoyandou
Case number
17/2018, A390/2017
Judges
NF Kgomo, AML Phatudi

The High Court confirmed convictions for malicious damage to property but found the magistrate’s effective six-year sentence too severe and reduced it to 24 months concurrent.

  • Malicious Damage To Property
  • Sentencing Principles
  • Concurrent Sentences
  • Firearms Control Act Declaration
  • Malicious-damage-to-property
  • Sentencing-review
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