Linus s/o Mapunda vs Republic (DC Criminal Appeal No. 51/1996) [1998] TZHC 2474 (13 July 1998)
Judgment
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IN THE HIGL (CJ;:Jl.' OF TlJZJ\NIA
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DC C:i1IHINi.:S .. T :S.-.L NO. 51/1996
(Originc.l SoDf- District Court CrtC.No.122/96)
versus:
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JUDGMENT
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This is 2-n nppc: l ;,,gsinst sentence the appellant Linus Mo.punda
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wa eon vi ctod of th& ft c.r.d sc,ntcnced to five years imprisonment. The
Republic does not resisi..; the appeal. I run also of the considered view
thnt the sentonce of five ye~:rs imprisonment imposed on the Qpp0llant who
was a first offender -:-.nd who had bqen working ns a houseboy for the compla-
inant was 2 bit too 30vere. It appears thc.t. some of the empty crnkes of
beer which were stoJJn were recovered. Tho appollnt w2s only nineteen
yea.?6 when he: wees c mvicted mid c. non-custodicl sentence might hCcve been
pllOpcr in the cir<:- 1r.1stnnces. In the circumstc..ncos I allow the appeal
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nga,inst sentence 2J1J I hereby re:duce the oentcncc to such an extent as it
will result in the immcdinte release of the c.ppcllnnt from prison.
E.1L Kileo, J.
13/7/98
I certify tho.t thfa is c. true copy of th0 origintl.
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DISTlU'f RE<rrTRAR
SONGEA
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