Uganda Case Law

Kazooba & Anor v Uganda

Kazooba & Anor v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 38 & 47 of 2012) [2018] UGCA 67 (30 July 2018)

Court

Court of Appeal of Uganda

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 38 & 47 of 2012

Judge

Egonda-Ntende, JA, Obura, JA, Musota, JA

The Court of Appeal found that the conviction of the appellants was unsafe due to insufficient evidence and fatal procedural irregularities. The prosecution's case rested entirely on weak circumstantial evidence that did not exclude other reasonable hypotheses. Key witnesses did not implicate the appellants, and the conduct relied upon by the trial judge was not sufficient to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Furthermore, the trial was improperly conducted, as the judge who delivered judgment had not heard the evidence, contrary to section 20 of the Judicature Act. The absence of summi…

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• Murder
• Circumstantial Evidence
• Burden Of Proof
• Trial Irregularities
• Judge Assignment
• Assessors Opinion

Mbako v Reginam (Central Registry Criminal Application No. 6 of 1956)

Mbako v Reginam (Central Registry Criminal Application No. 6 of 1956) [1950] EACA 571 (1 January 1950)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Central Registry Criminal Application No. 6 of 1956

Judge

Briggs (Acting Vice-President), Edmonds J, Worley, P

The court held that arraignment is not part of the trial, so a different judge could conduct the trial without re-arraigning the accused.

• Arraignment Procedure
• Trial Nullity
• Judge Assignment
• Plea Entry
• Arraignment
• Criminal-procedure