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Criminal Law [2019] UGCA 157

Musinguzi Appollo V Uganda

Musinguzi Appollo V Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 240 of 2017) [2019] UGCA 157 (19 June 2019)

The Court of Appeal set aside a 30-year sentence because no formal plea, conviction, or sentence was recorded, and remitted the matter for retrial.

  • Plea Bargaining
  • Sentencing Procedure
  • Conviction Requirements
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Plea-bargaining
  • Sentencing
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Criminal Law [1991] UGHC 68

Uganda v Ogwang

Uganda v Ogwang (Criminal Revision 45 of 1991) [1991] UGHC 68 (26 February 1991)

The High Court quashed six convictions for imputation of witchcraft, holding the guilty pleas were equivocal and the narrated facts did not disclose the offence.

  • Plea Of Guilty
  • Witchcraft Offences
  • Equivocal Plea
  • Conviction Requirements
  • Equivocal-plea
  • Guilty-plea
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Criminal Law [1942] EACA 67

Rex v Waldays

Rex v Waldays (Criminal Appeal No. 187 of 1941) [1942] EACA 67 (1 January 1942)

The court held that failure to comply with section 209(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code was fatal to the conviction, and allowed the appeal.

  • Right To Defence
  • Criminal Procedure Code Compliance
  • Conviction Requirements
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Right-to-defence
  • Criminal-appeals
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Criminal Law [1936] EACA 138

Rex v Nono (Cr. App. No. 95/1936)

Rex v Nono (Cr. App. No. 95/1936) [1936] EACA 138 (1 January 1936)

The court held that a repatriation order under the Vagrancy Ordinance required a charge and finding of vagrancy, and that a formal judgment had to be recorded.

  • Vagrancy Offences
  • Procedural Irregularities
  • Conviction Requirements
  • Vagrancy-offences
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Conviction-requirements
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