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Criminal Law [2024] UGSC 42

Adupa v Uganda

Adupa v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 81 of 2020) [2024] UGSC 42 (21 October 2024)

Court
Supreme Court of Uganda
Case number
Criminal Appeal 81 of 2020
Judge
Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, JSC, Mike Chibita, JSC, Stephen Musota, JSC, Madrama , JSC, Catherine Bamugemereire, JSC

The Supreme Court held it lacked jurisdiction to hear an appeal challenging sentence severity, and dismissed Adupa Dickens’s appeal against a 31-year murder sentence.

  • Murder Sentencing
  • Severity Of Penalty
  • Jurisdiction Of Supreme Court
  • Criminal-sentencing
  • Supreme-court-jurisdiction
  • Sentence-severity
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