ABDALLA AHMED ABDUL RASHID v REPUBLIC [1995] KECA 56 (KLR)

REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF KENYA AT NAIROBI Criminal Appeal 103 of 1995 ABDALLA AHMED ABDUL RASHID………………............................................. …………..APPELLANT AND REPUBLIC…………………………..............................……………............ ………………..RESPONDENT (Appeal from the judgment of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi (Mr. Justice V.V. Patel) dated 31st May, 1995 IN H.C.CR.A. NO. 398 OF 1994) ************************** JUDGMENT OF THE COURT The appellant's appeal in the superior court was against sentence having abandoned his appeal to that Court against conviction. His second appeal to this Court therefore against the decision of the first appellate court could only be against sentence. In the circumstances of the sentence imposed against him. Section 361(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code debars this Court from hearing his appeal against sentence. The appellant's appeal is therefore incompetent and the same is struck out. Dated and delivered at Nairobi this 19th day of December, 1995. J.E. GICHERU …………………….. JUDGE OF APPEAL R.S.C. OMOLO ……………………… JUDGE OF APPEAL

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