Uganda Judgment

Supreme Court of Uganda

Umar Sebidde v Uganda [2004] UGSC 4 (14 January 2004)

Criminal Law Sentencing Principles Remand Period Deduction Appeals on Sentence Constitutional Rights in Sentencing

Citation: [2004] UGSC 4
Status: Judgment
Jurisdiction: Uganda
Court: Supreme Court of Uganda
Posture: Criminal Appeal / Appeal From Decision of the Court of Appeal at Kampala in Criminal Appeal No.25 of 2001
Language: English

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Court: Supreme Court of Uganda
Posture: Criminal Appeal / Appeal From Decision of the Court of Appeal at Kampala in Criminal Appeal No.25 of 2001
Language: English

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Holding and result

The Supreme Court held that the trial judge's sentence of '11 years imprisonment period on remand inclusive' was ambiguous and did not comply with Article 23(8) of the Constitution, which requires that the period spent on remand be taken into account in imposing sentence. The Court found that the intention must have been to deduct the three years spent on remand from the total sentence. The Court of Appeal erred by maintaining the 11-year sentence without proper deduction for remand time. The Supreme Court substituted the sentence with 8 years, to be served from the date of the original sentencing, ensuring compliance with constitutional requirements and consistency with prior Supreme Court decisions.

Court disposition

Appeal allowed. Sentence of 11 years set aside and substituted with 8 years imprisonment, effective from the original sentencing date.

Orders

The sentence of 11 years imprisonment is set aside.
The appellant is to serve 8 years imprisonment from 1/3/2001, the date of original sentencing.

Material facts

Parties

Umar Sebidde

Appellant Counsel: Mr. Kafuko-Ntuyo

Uganda

Respondent Counsel: Mr. Elubu, Principal State Attorney

Amounts and remedies

Original Sentence (years): 11
Remand Period (years): 3
Substituted Sentence (years): 8

Procedural history

Posture

Criminal Appeal / Appeal From Decision of the Court of Appeal at Kampala in Criminal Appeal No.25 of 2001

Questions and positions

Legal issues

01
Whether the Court of Appeal erred in upholding a sentence that did not properly account for the period spent on remand.
02
Whether the trial judge's sentencing approach was ambiguous or contrary to constitutional requirements.

Party arguments

Applicant: Counsel for the appellant argued that the Court of Appeal misinterpreted the trial judge's sentence and failed to deduct the period spent on remand from the total sentence, contrary to Article 23(8) of the Constitution. He relied on recent Supreme Court decisions where sentences were modified to reflect time spent on remand.
Respondent: The Principal State Attorney contended that the sentence imposed was not illegal and that the Court of Appeal merely clarified the ambiguity in the trial judge's language. He distinguished the present case from those cited by the appellant's counsel.

Court’s reasoning

Legal principles

01
Article 23(8) of the Constitution of Uganda

Courts must pass a definite and clearly ascertainable sentence, and any period spent in lawful custody before conviction must be taken into account in imposing the term of imprisonment.
02
Musisi Z. v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.9 of 2002), Akwam v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.14 of 2002), Kizito Senkula v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.24 of 2001)

A sentence that ambiguously includes the remand period without clear deduction is erroneous and contrary to constitutional intent.

Ratio, limits and disposition

Ratio decidendi

The Supreme Court held that the trial judge's sentence of '11 years imprisonment period on remand inclusive' was ambiguous and did not comply with Article 23(8) of the Constitution, which requires that the period spent on remand be taken into account in imposing sentence. The Court found that the intention must have been to deduct the three years spent on remand from the total sentence. The Court of Appeal erred by maintaining the 11-year sentence without proper deduction for remand time. The Supreme Court substituted the sentence with 8 years, to be served from the date of the original sentencing, ensuring compliance with constitutional requirements and consistency with prior Supreme Court decisions.

Obiter and limits

Courts must ensure that sentences are definite and clearly ascertainable to avoid ambiguity and ensure fairness.
The framers of the Constitution intended that time spent on remand should always be considered in favour of the accused when imposing a custodial sentence.

Court disposition

Appeal allowed. Sentence of 11 years set aside and substituted with 8 years imprisonment, effective from the original sentencing date.

The sentence of 11 years imprisonment is set aside.
The appellant is to serve 8 years imprisonment from 1/3/2001, the date of original sentencing.

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{\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard \s23\ql \li0\ri0\sb86\sl-274\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs45\b\i\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 [Appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal at Kampala (Berko, Twinomujuni and Kitumba, JJ. A) dated 10}{ \cs45\b\i\f0\super\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 th}{\cs45\b\i\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 May, 2002 in Criminal Appeal No.25 of 2001] \par }\pard\plain \s24\qc \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard \s24\qc \li0\ri0\sb130\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs47\b\f0\ul\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 JUDGMENT }{\cs47\b\f0\ul\expnd6\expndtw30\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 OF}{\cs47\b\f0\ul\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 THE COURT \par }\pard\plain \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb5\sl-470\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Umar Sebidde, the appellant, was convicted of rape by Bamwine, J, in the High Court, and sentenced to imprisonment for 11 years. His appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed. He now appeals to this Court against that dismissal. \par

}\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb5\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15955878 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Initially, the memorandum of appeal contained two grounds, the first of which was a complaint that the Justices of Appeal failed to evaluate the evidence on record and, as a result, they arrived at}{\cs40\f0\insrsid10375287 }{ \cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 a wrong}{\cs40\f0\insrsid15955878 }{\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 d ecision. Mr. Kafuko - Ntuyo, counsel for the appellant abandoned that ground. We have studied the record and considered the judgments of both the trial judge and the Court of Appeal. In our opinion, Mr. Kafuko -Ntuyo acted properly in abandoning that grou nd because there was ample evidence against the appellant justifying his conviction and in our view the Court of Appeal had in fact re-evaluated the evidence. \par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par \par }\pard \s20\ql \li0\ri0\sb101\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10375287 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 The second ground, as amended with leave of the Court,}{\cs40\f0\insrsid10375287 }{\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 states

as follows: \par }\pard\plain \s32\qj \li754\ri0\sb14\sl-485\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin754\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 The learned Justices }{ \cs46\b\i\f0\expnd14\expndtw70\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 of}{\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Appeal misdirected themselves on fact and in}{\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid15955878 }{ \cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 law when they held that the trial ju}{\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid15955878 dge acted on wrong principle in }{\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 sentencing the appellant. \par }\pard\plain \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb226\sl-470\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Under subsection (3) of section 6 of the Judicature Statute, 1996, an appeal to this Court, against sentence or o rder, is on a matter of law, but not on fact as stated in part of this ground. To that extent the ground was poorly formulated and is misleading. \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0

{\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb230\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Be that as it may, Mr. Kafuko - Ntuyo, contended that the Justices of Appeal wrongly interpreted the sentence passed by the trial judge and thereby caused prejudice to the appellant by upholding the sentence of 11 years which was imposed by the trial judge. Counsel relied on three of our decisions (see post) made during this session whereby we modified the sente nce in each case to \par \sect }\sectd \marglsxn1143\margrsxn1143\margtsxn1307\sbknone\linex0\colsx60\sectdefaultcl\sftnbj \pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\sb84\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 { \f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard\plain \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb67\sl-504\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 reflect what in our opinion was the intention of the trial judge.

\par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb202\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Mr. Elubu, Principal State Attorney, opposed the appeal contending that the sentence passed by the Court of Appeal is not illegal and that that court only had corrected the vagueness created by the style of language in which the trial judge imposed the se ntence. He distinguished this appeal from the three decisions cited by Mr. Kafuko -Ntuyo. \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb125\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10375287 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 When imposing the sentence the learned trial judge}{\cs40\f0\insrsid10375287 }{ \cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 expressed himself this way: - \par }\pard\plain \s32\qj \li725\ri1003\sb24\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin1003\lin725\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 "Doing the best I can, I deem sentence }{\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd14\expndtw70\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 of}{\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 }{\cs37\b\i\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 11 }{ \cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 years imprisonment}{\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid15955878 }{\cs46\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 period on remand inclusive, appropriate. I sentence him so"

\par }\pard\plain \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb230\sl-470\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 In the cases relied on by counsel for the appellant, namely }{\cs47\b\f0\ul\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Musisi. Z. Vs Uganda}{ \cs47\b\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 }{\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 (Criminal Appeal No.9 of 2002) }{\cs47\b\f0\ul\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Akwam Vs. Uganda}{\cs47\b\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 }{ \cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 (Criminal Appeal No.14 of 2002) and }{\cs47\b\f0\ul\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Kizito Senkula Vs Uganda}{\cs47\b\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 }{\cs40\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 (Crimina l Appeal No.24 of 2001) , (all unreported) , we stated that this mode of sentencing is erroneous and ambiguous in that the trial court in effect sentenced the appellant for the period before the appellant was convicted. We do not think that Clause (8) of Article 23 of the Constitution authorises Courts to impose sentences on accused persons for the period when such persons are still presumed innocent. \par }\pard \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb67\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0

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a period during which he was deemed to be innocent. In our opinion, the intention of the learned judge must have been that the period of 3 years spent on remand is to be subtracted from the sentence of 11 years. This is consistent with our other decisions comprised in the three appeals upon which Mr. Kafuko-Ntuyo relied and which appeals we have referred to already in this judgment.}{\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard\plain \s20\qj \li0\ri0\sb226\sl-475\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs49\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 We accordingly think that the learned Justices of Appeal erred by effectively maintaining the sentence of 11 years. We allow the appeal. To that extent we set aside that sentence. Instead we substitute it with a sentence of 8 years which the appellant is to serve from 1/3/2001, the day when the trial judge first sentenced him. \par }\pard\plain \s34\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f35\fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 \par }\pard \s34\qc \li0\ri0\sb235\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15955878 {\cs49\b\i\f0\insrsid12927076\charrsid15955878 Dated at Mengo this 15th day }{\cs41\b\i\f0\expnd4\expndtw20\insrsid12927076 of

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Musisi Z. v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.9 of 2002)

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Akwam v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.14 of 2002)

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Kizito Senkula v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.24 of 2001)

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Article 23(8) of the Constitution of Uganda

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Section 6(3) of the Judicature Statute, 1996

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Umar Sebidde v Uganda [2004] UGSC 4 (14 January 2004)

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Article 23(8) of the Constitution of Uganda

Musisi Z. v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.9 of 2002), Akwam v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.14 of 2002), Kizito Senkula v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.24 of 2001)

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Musisi Z. v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.9 of 2002)

Akwam v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.14 of 2002)

Kizito Senkula v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.24 of 2001)

Article 23(8) of the Constitution of Uganda

Section 6(3) of the Judicature Statute, 1996

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