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Criminal Law [2022] UGCA 98

Tindyebwa and 2 Others v Uganda

Tindyebwa and 2 Others v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 396 of 2017) [2022] UGCA 98 (24 March 2022)

Court
Court of Appeal of Uganda
Case number
Criminal Appeal No. 396 of 2017
Judge
Madrama, JA, Egonda-Ntende, JA, Bamugemereire, JA

The Court of Appeal upheld murder convictions for two appellants, quashed the third appellant’s conviction, and reduced the two sentences from 26 to 20 years.

  • Murder
  • Circumstantial Evidence
  • Sentencing Principles
  • Summing Up To Assessors
  • Circumstantial-evidence
  • Sentencing-principles
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Criminal Law [1937] EACA 106

Rex v Luzala (Cr.A. 158/33.)

Rex v Luzala (Cr.A. 158/33.) [1937] EACA 106 (1 January 1937)

Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
Cr.A. 158/33.
Judge
Abrahams CJ, Ag P (Uganda), Lucie-Smith Ag CJ (Kenya), Sheridan CJ

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that judgment reasons should be written and read at delivery, but dismissed the appeal because the murder finding was the only reasonable conclusion.

  • Judgment Writing Requirements
  • Summing Up To Assessors
  • Murder Trial Procedure
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Judgment-writing
  • Assessors-summing-up
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