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Case Law[2023] SZSC 35Eswatini

Gama v Chairman Of The Mercy Committee and others (81/2017) [2023] SZSC 35 (3 October 2023)

Supreme Court of eSwatini

Judgment

# Gama v Chairman Of The Mercy Committee and others (81/2017) [2023] SZSC 35 (3 October 2023) [ __](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/35/eng@2023-10-03) [ __](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/35/eng@2023-10-03) [ __](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/35/eng@2023-10-03) [ __](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/35/eng@2023-10-03) [ __](mailto:?subject=Take a look at this document from EswatiniLII: Gama v Chairman Of The Mercy Committee …&body=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/35/eng@2023-10-03) [ Download PDF (380.8 KB) ](/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/35/eng@2023-10-03/source) Report a problem __ * Share * [ Download PDF (380.8 KB) ](/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/35/eng@2023-10-03/source) * * * * * Report a problem __ ##### Gama v Chairman Of The Mercy Committee and others (81/2017) [2023] SZSC 35 (3 October 2023) Copy citation * __Document detail * __Related documents Citation Gama v Chairman Of The Mercy Committee and others (81/2017) [2023] SZSC 35 (3 October 2023) Copy Media Neutral Citation [2023] SZSC 35 Copy Hearing date 8 August 2023 Court [Supreme Court of eSwatini](/judgments/SZSC/) Case number 81/2017 Judges [Maphalala CJ](/judgments/all/?judges=Maphalala%20CJ), [Matsebula JA](/judgments/all/?judges=Matsebula%20JA), [Van der Walt JA](/judgments/all/?judges=Van%20der%20Walt%20JA), [J.M CURRIE JA](/judgments/all/?judges=J.M%20CURRIE%20JA), [Fakudze AJA](/judgments/all/?judges=Fakudze%20AJA) Judgment date 3 October 2023 Language English * * * Skip to document content Criminal Appeal — the respondent was convicted of murder and sentenced to a death penalty. Subsequently, he obtained a Royal Pardon commuting the death penalty to life imprisonment with the condition that he would be released from custody upon the attainment of the age of seventy-five years; #### __Related documents ▲ To the top >

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