Witwatersrand Local Division - 1983 October

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October 1983
Accused acting as lookout, firing shots and sharing common purpose convicted of murder, aggravated robbery and attempted murder; death sentence imposed.
Criminal law – armed robbery with aggravating circumstances – liability of a person acting as lookout for lethal consequences under common purpose and dolus eventualis. Evidence – reliability of prior-knowledge eyewitness identification; corroboration by confession and ballistic/circumstantial evidence. Sentencing – assessment of mitigating factors (intoxication, minor role, poverty, low education) and refusal to treat dolus eventualis as mitigating. Leave to appeal – no reasonable prospect of different conclusion on mitigation.
28 October 1983
Leave to appeal refused where trial court's credibility and factual findings were well-reasoned and sentence was within judicial discretion.
Criminal procedure – credibility and demeanour – assessment of intoxicated witness and delay – appellate prospects on factual findings – leave to appeal refused; sentencing – discretion exercised and not reasonably appealable.
24 October 1983
Application to lead further evidence and for leave to appeal refused; statutory criteria and psychiatric evidence found insufficient.
Criminal procedure – s 316(3) further evidence – requirements for receiving post-conviction evidence; leave to appeal conviction and death sentence; psychiatric evidence and diminished responsibility; allegations about legal representation and effect on mitigation evidence.
18 October 1983