Alemiga v Uganda
Alemiga v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 234 of 2017) [2021] UGCA 172 (10 December 2021)
The Court of Appeal found that the trial judge erred by denying the appellant an opportunity to participate in plea bargaining and by failing to allow the appellant or his counsel to present mitigating factors before sentencing. The trial judge's omission to conduct allocutus and to record submissions on mitigation amounted to ignoring important matters that should have been considered in sentencing, resulting in a miscarriage of justice. The appellate court set aside the original sentence and, after considering both aggravating and mitigating factors—including the appellant's guilty plea, ti…
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- Murder Sentencing
- Plea Bargain Rights
- Mitigation Of Sentence
- Allocutus
- Judicial Discretion In Sentencing