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\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid3105573 IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI
\par AT SUVA
\par APPELLATE JURISDICTION
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14224562\charrsid3105573 0}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid3105573 068 OF 2004S
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid3105573 Appellant
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid3105573 Respondent
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\par Hearing:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14224562  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 13th August 2004
\par Judgment:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14224562  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 27th August 2004
\par 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14224562 Counsel: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 Appellant in Person
\par Ms L. Chandra for State
\par 
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\par The Appellant was convicted of the following offence:
\par 
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\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 : Contrary to section 293(1)(b) of the Penal Code, Act. 17.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3105573 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 SIMIONE RAURA with two others, on the 6th day of Mar
ch, 2004 at Samabula in the Central Division, robbed MOHAMMED ALI s/o RAZOOR KHAN of $47.00 cash and immediately before such robbery threatened to use personal violence with a rope on the said MOHAMMED ALI s/o RAZOOR KHAN.
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\par The case was called on the 8th of March 2004 and the charge was read to the Appellant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He was not told of his right to counsel.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He pleaded guilty after saying that he understood the charge.
\par 
\par The facts were that on the 6th of March 2004 at 11.30am the complainant was driving along Raiwaqa Market when the Appellant with two others stopped his taxi and boarded the taxi.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 The Appellant asked the complainant to drop them at Dilo Street in Samabula.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 At Dilo Street the Appellant tied rope around the complainant\rquote s neck and assaulted him.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He stole $47 cash.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 $8 of this was recovered from him.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He was later charged.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 These facts were admitted by the Appellant, as were 18 previous convictions.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 Of these, the Appellant has 6 previous convictions for robbery and robbery with violence and a number of convictions for larceny from person and act with intent to cause grievous harm.

\par 
\par In mitigation the Appellant said he was 35 years old and unemployed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He asked for a suspended sentence.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 The court ordered a psychiatric examination of the Appellant.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 No reasons were given for this order but the matter was adjourned to the 22nd of March for the report.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 A memorandum from the St. Giles Hospital was received on the 24th of March.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 A copy is not on the court record, but it is on the court file.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 It is dated 22nd March 2004.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 Its concluding paragraph reads:

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Simione is diagnosed to have dissocial personality disorder.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
He knew what he was doing at the time of the commission of the alleged crime.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
He should therefore be held responsible for his actions.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He is fit to plead.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  
}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He is now discharged from the hospital.\'94
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\par The learned Magistrate delivered sentence on the 26th of March 2004.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He said (at p.9):
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The court had observed the demeanour of the accused person when he appeared in this Court on 8/03/04, and assessed that he was rema
nded into custody, so that a Psychiatrist Report be obtained on his behalf, in order for the Court to pass an appropriate sentence.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3105573 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He does not seem aggressive, but na\'efve in his looks.}{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He is a matured person, with the mind of a young boy.}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He knew what he was doing was wrong, but cannot resist the temptation.}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 According to the Medical Superintendent and Consultant Psychiatrist \endash  St. Giles Hospital, Simione, the accused person is diagnosed to have \'93dissocial personality disorder.\'94
}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 This must be attributed to the type of lifestyle he was subject to when he was a young man.\'94
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\par He said that the terms of imprisonment he had served since 1988, did not appear to have benefited him at all and that he needed to learn something from his reckless behaviour.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 He sentenced him to 6 years imprisonment.
\par 
\par The Appellant appeals against his sentence saying that inadequate weight was put on his plea of guilty, and on the recovery of the stolen money, and that weight was put on his previous convictions.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 At the hearing of this appeal, he added another ground, that is that the learned Magistrate should not have ordered a psychiatric report without his consent.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 Further, he submitted that the learned Magistrate erred in putting any weight on the report.
\par 
\par The State opposes this appeal, saying that the sentence is within the tariff for robbery with violence cases, and that in the light of the aggravating features of the case, the appeal should be dismissed.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 I agree.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 Although the learned Magistrate did not indicate his starting point, there were a number of aggravating features in this case.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 One was the attack on a taxi driver.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
Another was the strangling with the rope.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 It is probable that the unfortunate victim believed that he was being killed.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 The third is that the Appellant was part of a group of three.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 There appear to be no mitigating factors, other than the reference to \'93dissocial personality disorder\'94 and the early guilty plea.
\par 
\par In the circumstances the 6 year term was not wrong in principle.
\par 
\par I now deal with the psychiatric report.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 Section 148 of the Criminal Procedure Code provides:
\par 
\par }\pard\plain \s18\ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3105573 \f2\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 \'93
(1) When in the course of a trial or at any time after a formal charge has been presented or drawn up, the court has reason to believe that the accused may be of unsound mind so as to be incapable of makin
g his defence, it shall inquire into the fact of such unsoundness and may adjourn the case under the provisions of section 202 for the purposes of obtaining a medical report and of making such other enquiries as it shall deem to be necessary.\'94
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12933236 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
\par Section 148 does not require the court to first obtain the accused\rquote s consent.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
Indeed, in cases of obstructive or inexplicable behaviour in court, it may not be practicable to obtain such consent.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
Further, the purpose of the section is to ensure fitness to plead and/or any possible defence of insanity.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
The purpose of the power is to protect the accused\rquote s rights, not the prosecution\rquote s, and to ensure that the accused has the capacity to fully understand the court proceedings.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 Such a measure is particularly significant when the accused is not represented.
\par 
\par In the circumstances I do not consider that the Appellant had to first consent to the order.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
Further the report itself highlighted the accused\rquote s mental state in relation to his terms of imprisonment already served and was not a significant part of the sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 As for the doctor\rquote s findings that the Appellant was fit to plead and was not suffering from unsoundness of mind at the time of the offending, the Appellant does not dispute this.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 In the light of his guilty plea, the use of the report was not prejudicial to him.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 This ground also fails.
\par 
\par One last point.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 The Appellant was not told of his right to counsel.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 This is a breach of the Constitutional right to counsel.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
However a perusal of the court record shows that the proceedings were conducted fairly, the learned Magistrate took great care to ensure that the Appellant was fit to plead and that he agreed to the facts.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 There was no prejudice to him.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3105573  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 Further, he remains unrepresented on appeal and agreed to proceed without counsel.
\par 
\par For these reasons this appeal is dismissed.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3105573 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid3105573 Nazhat Shameem
\par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid3105573 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12933236 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid402713\charrsid12933236 
\par At Suva
\par 27th August 2004
\par }}