IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA

In the matter between: 
K SASS 
versus 
THE STATE

JUDGMENT

The appelfant was charged in the Regional Court of the Cape, sitting in Paarl, with the murder of one Hendrik Isaacs. The appellant was represented at the trial by an attorney and he pleaded not guilty to the charge. On 24 July of this year he was convicted of murder and sentenced lo an effective term of ten years imprisonment. He was also declared unfit to possess a firearm.

"1.    The judicial officer presiding at any trial may, if he deems it expedient for the administration of justice -
a)	before any evidence has been led; or
b)	in considering a community-based punishment in respect of any person who has been convicted of any offence,

I agree.