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Court of AppealStruck OutCriminal Appeal No. 53 of 1999· [2002] KECA 36 (KLR)
Francis Nyachieo Marube v Republic
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#In Kenya, you get one chance to argue a sentence is too harsh — the Court of Appeal will not hear a second appeal on severity.
What this practically means
#Executive summary
#This is a short order of the Court of Appeal at Kisumu (Kwach, Tunoi and Bosire JJ.A) dated 11 June 2002 in Criminal Appeal No. 53 of 1999. The appellant, Francis Nyachieo Marube, had been convicted in H.C.CR.C. No. 219 of 1998 before Waweru J in the High Court at Kisii, whose judgment was delivered on 28 May 1999. His first appeal to the High Court, which was against the severity of sentence, was dismissed. He then lodged the present appeal, again complaining of the severity of sentence. The Court of Appeal held that such an appeal does not lie, by virtue of the clear provisions of Section 361 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which restricts second appeals. The court declared the appeal incompetent and struck it out. The judgment is a single order of the whole court with no separate opinions, no costs order, and no authorities cited. Its binding proposition for lower courts is that a second appeal to the Court of Appeal founded solely on the severity of sentence is incompetent under Section 361 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Key legal issues
#01
Competence of a second appeal against severity of sentence
Holding
The appeal is incompetent and is struck out
Reasoning
The appellant's first appeal to the High Court was against severity of sentence and was dismissed. Section 361 of the Criminal Procedure Code confines second appeals to matters of law and does not permit a further appeal on sentence severity. The present appeal therefore does not lie and was struck out.
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Legal principles established
#- A second appeal to the Court of Appeal on the ground of severity of sentence is incompetent under Section 361 of the Criminal Procedure Code
Court orders
#- 1.The appeal is struck out as incompetent
- On appeal from
- High Court of Kenya at Kisii
- H.C.CR.C. No. 219 of 1998
- Jurisdiction invoked
- Section 361 of the Criminal Procedure Code (limiting second appeals against sentence)
Key timeline
#Practical implications
#Frequently asked questions
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#Cite this brief
Caselaw, "Francis Nyachieo Marube v Republic", Case Analysis (2002). Criminal Appeal No. 53 of 1999. Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keca/2002/36/eng@2002-06-11
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