Dodo v S (CCT 1/01) [2001] ZACC 15 (5 April 2001)

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Jurisdiction: South Africa
Citation: Dodo v S (CCT 1/01) [2001] ZACC 15 (5 April 2001)
Media Neutral Citation: [2001] ZACC 15
Hearing date: 22 March 2001
Court: Constitutional Court of South Africa
Case number: CCT 1/01
Law report citations: 2001 (5) BCLR 423 (CC)

2001 (3) SA 382 (CC)
Judges: Ackermann J, Chaskalson CJ, Goldstone J, Kriegler J, Madala J, Mokgoro J, Ngcobo J, Sachs J, Yacoob J, Madlanga AJ, Somyalo AJ
Judgment date: 5 April 2001
Language: English
Type: Judgment
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Case summary: A challenge to section 51(1), read with section 51(3)(a) of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 105 of 1997, which obliges High Courts to sentence people convicted of certain serious offences to life imprisonment unless "substantial and compelling circumstances" justify the imposition of a lesser sentence. Held, per Ackermann J in a unanimous decision that there was no infringement of the separation of powers or of the rights contained in sections 12(1)(e) and 35(3)(c) of the Constitution. Order of invalidity by Eastern Cape High Court not confirmed.

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