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Maziya v S (A420/16) [2018] ZAGPPHC 713 (6 March 2018)
The High Court partly upheld a sentence appeal, reducing identical housebreaking sentences to 5 years each running concurrently, but confirmed a 10-year motor vehicle theft sentence.
Mashavele v S (A30/2017) [2017] ZAGPJHC 176 (7 June 2017)
High Court appeal against sentence for motor vehicle theft. The court found 10 years imprisonment shockingly inappropriate and substituted 7 years, with 2 years suspended.
Masiu and Others v S (A8/2014) [2014] ZAFSHC 246 (11 December 2014)
The Free State High Court dismissed an appeal against convictions for motor vehicle theft, finding the State’s witnesses credible and the alibi false.
Gordon v S (A769/2012) [2014] ZAGPPHC 913 (14 November 2014)
The High Court reduced a seven-year sentence for motor vehicle theft to five years, finding the trial court had over-emphasised the offence and ignored mitigating factors.
Sijadu v S (CA&R 84/2013) [2013] ZAECGHC 116 (30 January 2013)
Appeal against a motor vehicle theft conviction dismissed. The High Court held that recent possession, plus incriminating items and false plates, supported guilt.
Links v S (A218/12) [2012] ZAWCHC 334 (19 October 2012)
The High Court upheld a motor theft conviction, finding the appellant foresaw the vehicle may be stolen, but reduced the sentence to a wholly suspended term.
Cassiem v S (A445/2009) [2010] ZAWCHC 184 (13 August 2010)
The High Court dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence for theft of a motor vehicle, upholding four years’ direct imprisonment.
Mahlaku v S (A489/2008) [2009] ZAGPPHC 390 (14 October 2009)
The High Court upheld the appeal against a motor vehicle theft conviction, finding the State had not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the vehicle was stolen.
S v Smith (646/07) [2007] ZASCA 40; [2007] SCA 40 (RSA) (28 March 2007)
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that a four-year direct sentence for motor vehicle theft was too severe for a first offender and substituted a partially suspended term.
S v Mofokeng [2006] ZAFSHC 118 (6 April 2006)
The High Court upheld the conviction for vehicle theft but reduced an 8-year sentence to 5 years, finding the trial court was misled about prior convictions.
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