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MARIO MANGWENI & 3 ORS.
V.
REPUBLIC

(2015) JELR 98004 (CA)

Court of Appeal 14 May 2015 Kenya
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Suit Number:Criminal Appeal 6 of 2013
Judges:David Kenani Maraga, Festus Azangalala, Sankale ole Kantai
Location:Kisumu
Other Citations:Mario Mangweni & 3 others v. Republic [2016] eKLR

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. Upon trial for the offence of robbery with violence contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code, the appellants were convicted and sentenced to death. Their appeals to the High Court having been dismissed, they have come to this Court on a second appeal.

2. In their memorandum of appeal, the appellants have raised more or less the same grounds of appeal which are that their identification was not positive; that the first appellate court failed to re-evaluate or properly re-evaluate the evidence on record; and that the learned Judges of the High Court shifted the burden of proof to them.

3. At the hearing, learned counsel Mr. Nyanga represented the 1st and 3rd appellants while learned counsel Mr. Indimuli appeared for the 2nd and 4th appellants.

4. In his submission before us, Mr. Nyanga argued that had the High Court properly re-evaluated the evidence on record, it would have found that the appellants were not properly identified as the people who robbed PW1. In …

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