Oscar Pistorius will know today whether he will spend longer in the tjoekie for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein is expected to deliver its judgment on the issue today.
The State is calling for a harsher sentence than the six-year jail term.
The five-judge team will first have to rule on whether it will grant the State leave to appeal against what the prosecution deemed “a shockingly lenient sentence”.
Trial Judge Thokozile Masipa earlier refused the State’s application for leave to appeal.
If the SCA refused leave to appeal, it would be the end of the matter.
If it did give the State the green light in this regard, it will pronounce on whether the appeal succeeded or not.
The panel can then either refer the matter back to Judge Masipa to yet again sentence Oscar, or order a sentence which the SCA deemed fit.