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Uganda v Isoke (Criminal Session Case 190 of 1992) [1993] UGHC 84 (21 December 1993)
The High Court held that the accused’s cautioned statement was voluntary and properly recorded, and admitted it in evidence despite his claim of coercion.
Mukasa v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 254 of 1951) [1951] EACA 321 (1 January 1951)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa upheld a murder conviction and held that a confession to a Police Corporal, even if recorded in the Occurrence Book, was inadmissible.
Wambugu v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 265 of 1950) [1950] EACA 91 (1 January 1950)
The court quashed a receiving-stolen-property conviction because the accomplice’s evidence lacked corroboration and police questioning after caution was improper.
Rex v Samuel (Criminal Appeal No. 355of 1948) [1948] EACA 82 (1 January 1948)
The appeal against a bicycle theft conviction was dismissed. The court stressed proper police evidence on identification parades, but upheld the conviction and sentence.
Rex v Kyoyo and Others (Criminal Appeals Nos. 89, 90, 91 and 92 of 1943 (Consolidated)) [1943] EACA 33 (1 January 1943)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa upheld murder convictions, holding that even if the confessions were problematic, the remaining evidence was sufficient.
