Uganda Case Law

Ochol v Uganda

Ochol v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 55 of 2020) [2022] UGHCCRD 70 (3 March 2022)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 55 of 2020

Judge

Asiimwe, J

The trial magistrate erred in ordering consecutive sentences for burglary and theft, as both offences arose from the same transaction and should have attracted concurrent sentences in the absence of exceptional circumstances. Furthermore, the failure to deduct the remand period of 5 months from the sentence contravened Article 23(8) of the Constitution and established case law, rendering the sentence illegal. The appellate court increased the sentence for burglary to 6 years and maintained 3 years for theft, but directed that both sentences run concurrently and deducted the remand period, res…

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• Sentencing Guidelines
• Remand Period Deduction
• Concurrent Vs Consecutive Sentences
• Burglary And Theft
• Mitigating Factors

Rex v Bakari

Rex v Bakari (Criminal Appeal No. 235 of 1948) [1949] EACA 20 (1 January 1949)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 235 of 1948

Judge

Edwards CJ, Graham Paul CJ, Nihill P

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa upheld convictions for arson, entering a dwelling-house, and theft, holding that recent possession could support the arson inference.

• Arson
• Recent Possession Doctrine
• Burglary And Theft
• Presumptions In Criminal Law
• Recent-possession-doctrine
• Theft