Uganda Case Law

Achile v Uganda

Achile v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 0012 of 2017) [2017] UGHCCRD 103 (15 June 2017)

Court

HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 0012 of 2017

Judge

Stephen Mubiru, J

The trial magistrate erred in law by refusing to allow the appellant to change his plea before sentencing, misapprehending the legal position that a conviction on a guilty plea does not bar a change of plea prior to sentence. The court failed to exercise its discretion judiciously and did not properly consider the reasons advanced by the appellant for changing his plea. Although the procedure for recording the plea was flawed, it did not occasion a miscarriage of justice regarding the equivocality of the plea. However, the denial of the opportunity to change plea before sentence constituted a…

Source excerpt

• Libel
• Plea Procedure
• Change Of Plea
• Conviction On Guilty Plea

Kanyike v Uganda

Kanyike v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 34 of 1989) [1991] UGSC 22 (19 April 1991)

Court

Supreme Court of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Appeal 34 of 1989

Judge

Wambuzi, CJ, Platt, JSC, Seaton, JSC

The Supreme Court of Uganda allowed the appeal, set aside the conviction and sentence, and ordered a trial de novo after finding procedural irregularities.

• Admissibility Of Confessions
• Trial Procedure
• Burden Of Proof
• Self Defence
• Change Of Plea
• Criminal-procedure