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Criminal Law [2024] ZAWCHC 418

S v Matthews (Special Review) (GSH581/2023)

S v Matthews (Special Review) (GSH581/2023) [2024] ZAWCHC 418; 2025 (1) SACR 431 (WCC) (11 December 2024)

Court
Western Cape High Court, Cape Town
Case number
GSH581/2023
Judges
R.C.A. Henney, A. Le Grange

The High Court set aside a magistrate’s sentence on special review because a suspended sentence omitted the period of suspension in a plea agreement.

  • Plea And Sentence Agreement
  • Suspended Sentence
  • Sentencing Irregularity
  • Section 105a Cpa
  • Section 304 Cpa
  • Plea-and-sentence-agreement
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Criminal Law [2015] ZAGPJHC 333

Phika v S (A112/2015)

Phika v S (A112/2015) [2015] ZAGPJHC 333; 2018 (1) SACR 392 (GJ) (11 December 2015)

Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
A112/2015
Judges
M Victor, L Adams

The High Court set aside a murder conviction, substituting culpable homicide after finding the evidence of dolus eventualis insufficient and the trial procedurally unfair.

  • Fair Trial Rights
  • Plea Bargain Irregularity
  • Dolus Eventualis
  • Culpable Homicide
  • Section 105a Cpa
  • Section 35 Constitution
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