Alowonle Oluwajuwon Gilbert v Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya]

b-05-260-08-2021 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 8 August 2023 • B-05-260-08/2021 • 37 min read

16 cases cited (1 SG, 15 foreign)

Catchwords

Criminal law - appeal against conviction and sentence - appellant charged with the offence of murder under s.302 Penal Code - Abolition of mandatory death penalty - whether sentence of imprisonment of 30-40 years the rule for an offence of murder and sentence of death the exception - whether the sentence of death limited to murders committed extremely savagely, diabolical and brutal.

Practice Areas

Criminal law

Judges (3)

Ahmad Zaidi bin Ibrahim Coram S.m. Komathy a/p Suppiah Coram Seri Vazeer Alam bin Mydin Meera Delivered

Counsel (5)

Jabatan Peguam Negara Malaysia Firm Salehuddin Saidin & Associate Firm Afifuddin Ahmad Hafifi Counsel Appellant Eyu Ghim Siang Counsel Respondent Sarulatha a/p Paramavathar Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Pendakwa Raya Respondent Alowonle Oluwajuwon Gilbert Appellant

Cases Cited (16)

SLR (1)

[1993] 1 SLR 927

MY (15)

[1960] MLJ 296 [1961] 1 MLJ 176 [1969] 2 MLJ 209 [1977] 1 MLJ 174 [1978] 1 MLJ 159 [1991] 1 MLJ 158 [1999] 4 MLJ 497 [2007] 5 CLJ 1 [2010] 5 CLJ 489 [2013] 8 CLJ 359 [2016] 3 MLJ 215 [2016] 9 CLJ 769 [2017] 3 CLJ 377 [2017] 4 MLJ 250 [2023] 1 MLJ 441

Judgment

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