Uganda Case Law

Ndyoka v Reginam

Ndyoka v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 80 of 1956) [1950] EACA 505 (1 January 1950)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 80 of 1956

Judge

Bacon, JA, Sinclair, VP, Worley, P

The appellant's statement did not amount to an unequivocal admission of attempted murder, as it only admitted to striking his wife with a panga with the intention of punishing her, not to cause grievous bodily harm or to kill. Following binding precedent, such a plea cannot be treated as a plea of guilty to attempted murder. The conviction and sentence based on this plea were therefore invalid. The proper procedure is to remit the case to the High Court for the appellant to plead afresh to the charge or any other charge the Crown may lay, and for a trial to proceed if necessary.

Source excerpt

• Attempted Murder
• Plea Entry
• Unlawful Wounding
• Conviction Procedure

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