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The High Court granted an extension of time to file a notice and petition of appeal after noting an illegality on the face of the sentence.
The High Court revised an illegal sentence for narcotic-drugs trafficking, quashed a fine and three-year default term, and imposed the statutory 30-year imprisonment.
The Court of Appeal quashed the High Court’s summary rejection of a criminal appeal, holding the wrong provision was used and the appeal needed a merits hearing.
The High Court erred in summarily rejecting the appeal by applying the wrong legal provision and failing to consider the grounds of appeal, especially given the severity of the sentence; the order of summary rejection is quashed and the matter remitted for hearing on the merits.
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The High Court upheld a conviction for giving false information but reduced an illegal nine-month sentence to six months, the statutory maximum.
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