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Uganda v Twerinde Dennis and Phaphius Karwize (Revision Case No. 17/95) [1996] UGHC 71 (1 July 1996)
The High Court set aside a six-stroke cane sentence imposed on a 16-year-old accused, holding that the punishment was illegal under the Magistrate's Court Act.
Moses Kayondo v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 11 of 1992) [1993] UGSC 55 (27 January 1993)
The Supreme Court upheld a murder conviction based on a single identifying child witness, but set aside the death sentence because the appellant may have been under 18.
Rex v Kwesi (Criminal Appeal No. 140 of 1939) [1940] EACA 9 (1 January 1940)
The court held that age for the death penalty is assessed at sentencing, not at the time of the offence, and dismissed the appeal.
Rex v Keya (Criminal Revision Case No. 153 of 1938) [1938] EACA 156 (1 January 1938)
The court quashed a juvenile’s corporal punishment sentence, holding that section 16 of the Juveniles Ordinance was directory only and did not itself authorize whipping.
