Mpepo v People (CAZ 8 151 of 1965) [1965] ZMCA 6 (16 November 1965)
The application for extension of time to appeal was refused because the applicant failed to provide sufficient reasons for the delay and the court found no prospects of success on the merits of the appeal.
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- Citation
- [1965] ZMCA 6
- Parties
- Applicant: Mpepo; Respondent: The People
- Court
- Court of Appeal of Zambia
- Jurisdiction
- Zambia
- Case Number
- CAZ 8 151 of 1965
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Application for Extension of Time to Appeal
- Outcome
- application refused
- Legal Topics
- Extension of Time to Appeal, Prospects of Success as Criterion
- Source Language
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Parties
Mpepo
Applicant
The People
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Application for Extension of Time to Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether an extension of time to appeal should be granted when the notice of appeal was filed late
- 2 Whether the probability of success on appeal is a determining factor in granting extension of time
Ratio Decidendi
The application for extension of time to appeal was refused because the applicant failed to provide sufficient reasons for the delay and the court found no prospects of success on the merits of the appeal.
Court Disposition
application refused
Orders
- application for extension of time to appeal is refused
Full Case Text
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MPEPO v THE PEOPLE (1965) ZR 151 (CA) COURT OF APPEAL DENNISON Acting CJ, DOYLE JA, EVANS Acting J 16th November 1965 Flynote Criminal procedure - Appeal in general - extensions of time in which to appeal - probability of success of appeal as determining consideration: Headnote The Court of Appeal will not grant any considerable extension of time in which to appeal unless it is satisfied that the appeal would probably succeed upon the merits. Case cited: R v Marsh 25 Cr. App. R 49. The appellant in Person Shoniwa, State Advocate, for the respondent Judgment Dennison Acting CJ: On this application for an extension of time within which to appeal against conviction and a sentence of eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour we consider that the applicant has not put forward any reasons to justify an extension in a matter in which he was sentenced on the 15th April and submitted a notice of appeal on the 17th July. The application is refused. [1] I would add for the information of the applicant that the court has considered all the papers filed in this case in order to assess the merits of the conviction and sentence in view of the principle expressed by Avory, J, in the appeal of R v Marsh and Others 25 Cr. App. R 49, at page 52, when he referred to it being the rule and practice of the Court of Criminal Appeal in England: ' not to grant any considerable extension of time unless we are satisfied upon the application that there are such merits that the appeal would probably succeed.' There is not apparent here any prospect of success on the hearing of an appeal against either the conviction or the sentence ordered for a convict with fourteen previous convictions, ten of them associated with theft in some form or another. Judgment Doyle J: I agree. Judgment Evans Acting J: I agree.