Sinandungu & Another v Uganda
Sinandungu & Another v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 567 of 2015) [2024] UGCA 280 (27 September 2024)
The Court of Appeal found that the trial record did not clearly show that the assessors were sworn in as required by Section 67 of the Trial on Indictments Act. The purported addition to the record indicating that the assessors were sworn was not properly authenticated and could not be attributed to the trial judge. The Supreme Court in Alenyo Marks v Uganda established that failure to swear assessors renders the trial a nullity. The Court held that the omission in this case was a fundamental illegality, not a mere procedural irregularity. Given that the appellants had been in custody for ove…
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- Aggravated Robbery
- Trial Procedure
- Role Of Assessors
- Oath Of Assessors
- Nullity Of Trial
- Right To Speedy Trial