Read the full judgment text of CACC 000146/2000 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 September 2000.
1. The applicant was charged with the murder of the deceased Guillermo Dionisia Antonio on 18 July 1999. On 22 March 2000, he pleaded not guilty to murder at the trial before V. Bokhary J. The jury found him not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter and he was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. He now applies for leave to appeal against sentence. It must be mentioned at this stage that the applicant on 22 November 1999, after committal, had through the Director of Legal Aid offered to the