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Namusoke v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 69 of 2018) [2021] UGCA 39 (29 July 2021)
The Court of Appeal upheld Namusoke Annet Kirabo’s conviction for kidnap with intent to procure a ransom, finding the circumstantial evidence sufficient.
Uganda v Nuwayinamani Yubu & 2 Ors (Criminal Session CAse No. 254 of 1997) [2001] UGHC 96 (8 June 2001)
The High Court of Uganda convicted one accused of murdering Rwakanigane Festo, but acquitted the other two for lack of proof of participation.
Gathigi and Another v Reginam (Criminal Appeals Nos. 475 and 476 of 1955) [1950] EACA 440 (1 January 1950)
The convictions were unsafe because the trial judge relied on six items as corroboration of the accomplice's evidence, but only one of these—the presence of the deceased's red coat in the appellant's hut as testified by Eliud Kogi—could be considered corroboration in law. The other five items were either legally invalid as corroboration or did not independently implicate the appellants. The law requires that corroboration must be independent evidence connecting the accused to the crime, and one accomplice cannot corroborate another. The trial judge's reliance on invalid corroboration constitu…
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Rex v Duloo and Others (Criminal Appeals Nos. 217, 218 and 219 of 1947) [1947] EACA 54 (1 January 1947)
The East African Court of Appeal upheld murder convictions based on a “lion-man” killing, rejecting the claim that fearful witnesses were accomplices.
Rex v Lifa (Criminal Appeal No. 307 of 1945) [1946] EACA 25 (1 January 1946)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa upheld a murder conviction, holding that the deceased’s wife was not an accomplice or accessory after the fact.
Rex v Masabo and Another (Criminal Appeals Nos. 222 and 223 of 1946) [1946] EACA 48 (1 January 1946)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa quashed murder convictions against two appellants, holding the evidence did not prove common design or reliable participation.
