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Namata v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.35 of 2015) [2015] UGHCCRD 73 (24 August 2015)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against conviction for failing to prevent fire from spreading, upholding the fine, compensation order, and sentence.
Byasigaraho Wilson, Cpl. v Uganda [2004] UGSC 11 (18 February 2004)
The Supreme Court of Uganda dismissed a criminal appeal, holding that the appellant’s confession was voluntary and that the conviction was supported by corroborated evidence.
Haji Makubo Nakulopa v Uganda [2003] UGSC 38 (28 October 2003)
The Supreme Court held that the confession statement was properly admitted as voluntary, noting that the appellant did not claim the statement was made under torture or inducement, and the time lapse between arrest and statement removed any threat. The court distinguished prior cases requiring a trial within trial, finding no objection or evidence of involuntariness in this instance. The circumstantial evidence, including the appellant's identity card used to lure the deceased, the location and condition of the deceased's body, and the appellant's denial of having a shrine, was found to be in…
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Ali and Another v Reginam (Criminal Appeals Nos. 1008 and 1009 of 1954) [1955] EACA 322 (1 January 1955)
The court held that a murder conviction may rest on a voluntary confession alone if it is admissible and believed, though retracted confessions need corroboration.
Joshi v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 73 of 1951) [1951] EACA 228 (1 January 1951)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that an uncautioned police statement should have been excluded, but the error did not affect the conviction for robbery with violence.
Rusibila v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 148 of 1951) [1951] EACA 233 (1 January 1951)
The conviction for murder was quashed because the trial Judge failed to adequately address material discrepancies and contradictions in the evidence of the principal prosecution witnesses, all children, whose credibility was central to the case. The corroborative evidence relied upon by the trial Judge was itself inconsistent with the boy's account, and the medical evidence did not fully support the prosecution's narrative. Furthermore, the statement made by the deceased to a friend was wrongly admitted and prejudicial, as it did not meet the requirements of section 32(1) of the Indian Eviden…
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Rex v Rwakweba (Criminal Appeal No. 119 of 1943) [1943] EACA 37 (1 January 1943)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa dismissed a criminal appeal, holding that a child witness given on affirmation could be relied on when carefully scrutinized and supported by contemporaneous statements.
Rex v Kayongo (Criminal Appeal No. 163 of 1943) [1943] EACA 38 (1 January 1943)
Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that lawful arrest resistance did not justify killing; it enhanced Kayongo’s sentence and dealt with co-accused confession evidence in consolidated murder appeals.
Rex v Nusurupia and Another (Criminal Appeals Nos. 167 and 168 of 1941) [1941] EACA 89 (1 January 1941)
The Court of Appeal held that a pre-offence statement was not a confession and could not be used against a co-accused under section 30 of the Indian Evidence Act.
Rex v Bulegeya (Criminal Appeal 12/1935.) [1935] EACA 74 (1 January 1935)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa dismissed a murder appeal, holding that the appellant’s drunkenness was not a legal excuse and should not defeat the conviction.
