Gabriel Sassayan
About Gabriel Sassayan
Gabriel Sassayan appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYCOA (4).
On the court record
Gabriel Sassayan's reported practice, on this record, is criminal appellate defence, appearing in the Court of Appeal for accused persons as the appellant in a group of related homicide appeals heard together.
Each appeal concerns a conviction for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304(a) of the Penal Code, read together with section 34 of the same Act — the provision that fixes several accused with a common intention where a criminal act is done in furtherance of it. Argued as a linked set arising from the same events, the appeals trace the prosecution's narrative from the discovery of the deceased through the arrival of the investigating officer and the forensic team, the post-mortem, the arrests and the identification of the deceased.
A recurring focus across the appeals is sentence. The judgments record the concern that the sentence imposed should be in step with the current trend of sentencing for the offence, and that the public interest is a material consideration in fixing the appropriate term — the kind of appellate argument that seeks to align an individual sentence with the established pattern.
Because the matters were heard as a coordinated group of appeals arising from a single set of events, they show counsel working one tightly defined area of the criminal law — the ingredients of common intention under section 34 of the Penal Code, the boundary of culpable homicide under section 304(a), and the calibration of sentence against the prevailing trend — across several accused at once. On this record the practice is focused, appellate criminal defence in the Court of Appeal, directed at the proper evaluation of the case against each accused and at ensuring that any sentence is proportionate and consistent with settled sentencing practice. It is defence work argued wholly in the Court of Appeal and on behalf of several accused at once.
How many cases has Gabriel Sassayan appeared in?
Gabriel Sassayan appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Gabriel Sassayan appear in?
Gabriel Sassayan appears before MYCOA (4).
What does Gabriel Sassayan's record show him doing?
Criminal appellate defence in the Court of Appeal, acting for accused persons as the appellant in a group of related appeals against convictions for culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304(a) of the Penal Code, read together with section 34 on common intention.
What do the appeals focus on?
The ingredients of common intention under section 34 of the Penal Code and the boundary of culpable homicide under section 304(a), together with sentence — in particular whether the sentence imposed is in step with the current trend of sentencing and the weight to be given to the public interest.
Why were the appeals heard together?
They arose from a single set of events in which several accused were convicted of the same offence read with section 34 of the Penal Code, so they were argued as a coordinated group of appeals, allowing one line of argument on common intention, the boundary of the offence and the proportionality of sentence to be pressed across every accused.