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Nassozi v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 4 of 2024) [2024] UGHCCRD 77 (18 December 2024)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal as premature, but confirmed and varied a five-year sentence by deducting remand time and upheld compensation.
Nassozi v Uganda (HCT-00-CR-CN 4 of 2024) [2024] UGHCCRD 74 (18 December 2024)
The High Court held the appeal was premature because the magistrate’s sentence required confirmation, then revised the sentence to reflect remand time and upheld compensation.
Kyeyune v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 21 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 1180 (31 October 2024)
The appellate court found that the trial Magistrate properly evaluated the evidence and there was no mistaken identity, as the complainant physically interacted with the appellant and corroborating evidence supported her account. The court held that jurisdiction was properly exercised by the Nsangi Magistrate Court under Section 37 of the Magistrates Court Act, as the offence occurred in multiple local areas, some within its jurisdiction. However, the court determined that the trial Magistrate erred in failing to deduct the five months the appellant spent on remand from the three-year sentenc…
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Ssenteza v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 150 of 2018) [2021] UGCA 119 (15 October 2021)
The Court of Appeal held that earlier convictions did not affect the sentence in this case, but it set aside multiple counts for possession of forged currency notes and substituted one five-year sentence.
Uganda v Okecho (Criminal Revision 203 of 1976) [1976] UGHC 1 (29 December 1976)
The High Court held that Okecho was wrongly convicted of obtaining by false pretence, but the facts supported theft by conversion, so the conviction was substituted.
Uganda v Oketcho (Crim. Rev. No. 203 of 1976)) [1976] UGHCCRD 1 (29 December 1976)
The High Court held that the accused did not obtain money by false pretence, but the facts disclosed theft by conversion. The conviction was quashed and substituted.
Rex v Dobbs (Criminal Appeal No. 247 of 1951) [1951] EACA 319 (1 January 1951)
The court held that while the prosecution was entitled to charge the appellant with both stealing by a public officer and unlawful possession of government trophies, he could not be punished twice for the same act, as this would contravene statutory law. The act of conversion (stealing) was the same act that resulted in unlawful possession, making dual punishment impermissible. The court also found that the appellant, when attempting to register the trophies, was acting as a private individual and not in his official capacity, thus the charge of false pretence was sustainable. The convictions…
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