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Uganda v Muhwezi Timothy (Criminal Session Case 105 of 2025) [2025] UGHC 470 (17 June 2025)
The High Court sentenced Muhwezi Timothy to 15 years on each of two counts, with concurrent terms and credit for 3 years 6 months on remand.
Omirambe v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 599 of 2015) [2024] UGCA 76 (27 March 2024)
The Court of Appeal upheld a 10-year sentence for aggravated robbery, holding that the trial judge had considered remand time and that the sentence was not ambiguous.
Byamukama v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 14 of 2017) [2021] UGSC 13 (13 August 2021)
The Supreme Court upheld a 25-year sentence for defilement, holding that the appellant was not entitled to remand-time deduction because he was already serving another sentence.
Uganda v Olet (Criminal Revision 20 of 89) [1990] UGHC 34 (7 March 1990)
The trial magistrate failed to follow the mandatory procedure after the accused's plea of guilty by not putting the narrated facts to the accused for admission or denial, rendering the conviction unsafe. The particulars of the charge were vague, especially in count 2, failing to adequately inform the accused of the alleged offence. The accused's previous conviction was not proved as required by law, yet it was used to justify consecutive sentences and to treat the accused as an habitual offender. These procedural irregularities are fundamental and cannot be cured; therefore, the convictions a…
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Rex v Liduma and Another (Cr. Conf. Case No. 861/1934.) [1934] EACA 2 (1 January 1934)
The court reduced a burglary sentence from five to three years after finding the magistrate’s “confirmed criminal” label was unsupported by the record.
