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dc.contributor The Court
dc.date.accessioned 2017-04-08T17:16:11Z
dc.date.available 2017-04-08T17:16:11Z
dc.date.created 2013-03-27 en
dc.identifier.citation [2013] ZACC 8
dc.identifier.citation 2013 (5) BCLR 527 (CC)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/3704
dc.title Houston v S en
dc.title.alternative CASE CCT108/12 en
dc.identifier.casenumber CCT108/12 en
dc.contributor.judge The Court
dc.date.judgment 28 March 2013
dc.link.judgment http://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/3704/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%20%2875.6%20Kb%29-20671.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
dc.concourt.synopsis Application for leave to appeal against two sentences imposed in separate cases resulting in a cumulative sentence of 70 years’ imprisonment. The applicant complained that if he had been sentenced to life imprisonment on one set of charges, the result would have been that the sentence on the second would automatically have run cumulatively with the prior life sentence. A life sentence would, therefore have entitled him to consideration for parole much earlier. The Court found that there was no unfairness in the two sentencing processes themselves, and thus that there were no grounds to appeal. The Court noted that the applicant did not challenge the constitutionality of the parole policies. Judgment of the Court: (Mogoeng CJ, Moseneke DCJ, Froneman J, Jafta J, Khampepe J, Mhlantla AJ, Nkabinde J, Skweyiya J, Van der Westhuizen J and Zondo J).
dc.concourt.casehistory Application for leave to appeal against two sentences imposed in the Durban High Court in September 1997 and February 1998. Application for leave to appeal against the second sentence was dismissed in the High Court on 31 May 2005. The Supreme Court of Appeal refused further special leave to appeal in respect of an application brought five years later, on 22 September 2010. The applicant launched the application for leave to appeal to the CC on 7 November 2012.


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