Kipkorir v Republic (Criminal Application E084 of 2024) [2024] KEHC 10239 (KLR) (19 August 2024) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2024] KEHC 10239 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE HIGH COURT AT KISUMU CRIMINAL APPLICATION E084 OF 2024 RE ABURILI, J AUGUST 19, 2024 BETWEEN PHILLIP KIPTOO KIPKORIR .............................................................. APPLICANT AND REPUBLIC ............................................................................................ RESPONDENT (From the original conviction and sentence in Winam SPM Cr. Case No. 646 of 2014 and Kisumu HCRA 28 of 2016) RULING 1. The applicant claims in his application dated 13/5/2024 that he was convicted of the ofience of robbery with violence under Section 296 (2) of the Penal Code and was sentenced to death. That he appealed Vide Kisumu HC CRA No. 28 of 2016 which appeal was dismissed. That the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2016 by the President. He now seeks for reduction of sentence as he has been in prison for 10 years and was in remand custody for 2 years and 3 months before he was sentenced. 2. I have perused the application which is not supported by any material and I find no substance in it. It is hereby dismissed. 3. Signal to issue. 4. This file is closed. DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 19TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2024 R.E. ABURILI JUDGE https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2024/10239/eng@2024-08-19 1
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