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Kwehayo John Baptist v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 140 of 2024) [2025] UGHCCRD 19 (15 May 2025)
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, varied a 10-year wildlife sentence, and imposed a net term of 4 years, 10 months, and 19 days after remand deduction.
Mbaya v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 52 of 2022) [2023] UGHCCRD 73 (17 February 2023)
The court found that the plea taking process was fundamentally flawed because the trial court did not break down and explain each constituent element of the offences to the appellant, nor did it record his answers to each element. This failure contravened the requirements for a fair trial and proper plea taking as established in Adan vs Republic and Article 28(3)(b) of the Constitution. The lack of clarity as to what the appellant admitted rendered the conviction unsafe and occasioned a miscarriage of justice. Consequently, both the conviction and sentence were set aside, and a retrial was or…
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Uganda v Ssekajja and Another (Criminal Appeal 112 of 2016) [2022] UGHCCRD 138 (26 March 2022)
The court found that while the respondents were physically in possession of the box containing protected species, the prosecution failed to prove exclusive control or ownership beyond reasonable doubt. The evidence indicated that the respondents were acting as transporters for a third party who fled the scene. The legal definitions of possession require both physical detention and the intention to exercise exclusive authority. Since the prosecution did not establish that the respondents had such authority or intention, the essential element of possession was not proved. Any doubt must be reso…
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