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Criminal Law [1938] EACA 167

Rex v Mubaba

Rex v Mubaba (Criminal Case No. 17 of 1939) [1938] EACA 167 (1 January 1938)

Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
Criminal Case No. 17 of 1939
Judge
Sheridan CJ

The court held that the accused failed to prove legal insanity and upheld a murder conviction. Running amok after the killing did not, by itself, establish insanity.

  • Murder
  • Defence Of Insanity
  • Burden Of Proof
  • Mental Disease
  • Running Amok
  • Defence-of-insanity
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