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Uganda v Rukasurwa alias Sebataka and 8 Others (Criminal Session Case 207 of 2023) [2025] UGHC 114 (25 January 2025)
The High Court convicted A2, A4, and A7 of aggravated robbery, arson, and malicious damage, but acquitted them of assault and unlawful wounding.
Uganda v Magumba & 3 Others (Criminal Session 82 of 2024) [2024] UGHC 539 (25 June 2024)
The court found that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Magumba Wilson alias Wotaya (A1), Kisubi Dan (A2), and Juma Okati (A3) participated in the murder of Bateganya Matiya. Multiple eyewitnesses identified the accused in broad daylight, and their testimonies were corroborated by medical and postmortem evidence. The conditions for proper identification were met, and the accused persons' alibi defences were found to be blanket denials lacking credibility. The prosecution failed to prove attempted murder against Mukembo Edirisa (A4), who was only found liable for common as…
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Ntanda Tondo v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 8 of 2005) [2007] UGCA 64 (18 April 2007)
The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal, quashed an aggravated robbery conviction, and set aside a death sentence after finding unsafe identification evidence.
Akunaay v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 220 of 1951) [1951] EACA 307 (1 January 1951)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that the appellant’s plea was not an unequivocal admission of wounding with intent and substituted a conviction for unlawful wounding.
Ndyoka v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 80 of 1956) [1950] EACA 505 (1 January 1950)
The appellant's statement did not amount to an unequivocal admission of attempted murder, as it only admitted to striking his wife with a panga with the intention of punishing her, not to cause grievous bodily harm or to kill. Following binding precedent, such a plea cannot be treated as a plea of guilty to attempted murder. The conviction and sentence based on this plea were therefore invalid. The proper procedure is to remit the case to the High Court for the appellant to plead afresh to the charge or any other charge the Crown may lay, and for a trial to proceed if necessary.
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Rex v Wandera (Criminal Appeal No: 121 of 1948) [1948] EACA 33 (1 January 1948)
The court held that, to sustain a conviction under section 208 (1) of the Uganda Penal Code for attempting unlawfully to cause death, there must be clear proof of a positive intention to cause death. The evidence, including the circumstances of a scuffle and the appellant being beaten by several persons, raised considerable doubt as to whether the appellant acted with such intent. The benefit of reasonable doubt must be given to the accused, leading to the quashing of the conviction and sentence under section 208 (1). However, the evidence established that the appellant intended to cause grie…
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Kipturji v Rex (Cr.A. 138/1934.) [1937] EACA 188 (1 January 1937)
The court held that malice aforethought cannot be established solely by intent to commit a felony under section 189(c) of the Penal Code unless the felony was likely to cause death or grievous harm. The appellant's act of stabbing the deceased was impulsive and lacked homicidal intent or intent to inflict grievous harm. English legal authorities do not support the proposition that any felonious act resulting in death automatically constitutes murder. The court distinguished between acts of violence felonious in themselves and those done in the course of furtherance of a felony, concluding tha…
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