Uganda Case Law

Mkwayi v Reginam

Mkwayi v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 251 of 1956) [1950] EACA 612 (1 January 1950)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 251 of 1956

Judge

Bacon, JA, Crawshaw, J, Sinclair, AP

Appeal allowed after the court found unsafe reliance on a dying declaration and held that cross-examining the accused on an inadmissible custodial statement was fatally prejudicial.

• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Dying Declaration
• Confession In Custody
• Cross Examination
• Judges Rules
• Trial With Assessors