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Okello v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 571 of 2015) [2024] UGCA 216 (16 August 2024)
The Court of Appeal held that the trial court failed to treat an immediate guilty plea as a mitigating factor and reduced the murder sentence from 25 years to 16 years and 3 months.
Ekonga v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 332 of 2017) [2023] UGCA 179 (3 July 2023)
The Court of Appeal reduced a murder sentence from 28 years to 13 years after finding the guilty plea had not been properly weighted in sentencing.
Uganda v Asobasi (Criminal Sessions Case No. 117 of 2017) [2018] UGHCCRD 57 (26 February 2018)
The High Court of Uganda sentenced a guilty-pleading murder convict to 18 years and 10 months’ imprisonment after reducing for mitigation and remand time.
Agaba Job v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 230 of 2003) [2006] UGCA 14 (7 February 2006)
The Court of Appeal of Uganda upheld a 10-year sentence for defilement, holding that intoxication is not a mitigating factor and the trial court had properly exercised sentencing discretion.
Barasa Samuel v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 294 of 2003) [2006] UGCA 15 (12 January 2006)
The Court of Appeal of Uganda upheld an eight-year sentence for defilement, finding the trial judge had considered remand time and other relevant factors.
Uganda v Ovuru (Criminal Session Case 99 of 1995) [1995] UGHC 54 (6 July 1995)
The High Court sentenced a first-time offender who pleaded guilty to defilement of an eight-year-old girl to six years' imprisonment, considering mitigation.
Searle v Queen (Criminal Appeal No. 480 of 1954) [1955] EACA 252 (1 January 1955)
The court held that no appeal lay against conviction after an unequivocal guilty plea, but reduced a perjury sentence as manifestly excessive.
Rex v Ngechu (Criminal Appeal No. 70 of 1948) [1948] EACA 60 (1 January 1948)
The court upheld a guilty plea conviction but reduced sentence, holding that previous convictions cannot be relied on from a magistrate’s personal knowledge alone.
