Okeny & 2 Others v Uganda
Okeny & 2 Others v Uganda (Criminal Revision 28 of 1991) [1991] UGHC 64 (3 May 1991)
The court found that the plea of guilty entered by the accused was equivocal as it did not admit all the essential ingredients of the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The accused admitted to assault but not to causing actual bodily harm, making the conviction unsound in law. Furthermore, the charge was bad for duplicity as it alleged assault on multiple persons in a single count, contrary to statutory requirements that each offence be charged separately. The default sentence of one month imprisonment for non-payment of a fine of Shs. 2000/= was also illegal, as the law presc…
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- Plea Equivocality
- Duplicity Of Charges
- Default Sentencing
- Assault Actual Bodily Harm