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Criminal Law [1951] EACA 183

Sesero v Rex

Sesero v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 124 of 1951) [1951] EACA 183 (1 January 1951)

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa upheld a murder conviction, rejecting provocation on the facts and noting a non-prejudicial committal-stage procedural error.

  • Murder
  • Committal Proceedings
  • Unsworn Statement
  • Provocation
  • Procedure In Criminal Trials
  • Unsworn-statement
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Criminal Law [1948] EACA 72

Rex v Mairongo

Rex v Mairongo (Criminal Appeal No. 244 of 1948) [1948] EACA 72 (1 January 1948)

The court held that section 209(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code cannot be invoked before the close of prosecution evidence and dismissed the appeal.

  • Plea Of Not Guilty
  • Unsworn Statement
  • Section 209 Criminal Procedure Code
  • Conviction Procedure
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Plea-not-guilty
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Criminal Law [1935] EACA 64

Rex v Kunjanga

Rex v Kunjanga (Criminal Appeal 27/1934.) [1935] EACA 64 (1 January 1935)

The court held that an inculpatory statement made by an accused in answer to a charge cannot be used against him if a plea of not guilty is entered, as the plea constitutes a general denial and statements construed as the plea cannot also be used to derogate from it. Furthermore, the court found that the interrogation of the accused by the Magistrate regarding discrepancies between his unsworn statement and his statement at the preliminary inquiry was improper, as such questioning is only permissible to clarify something obscure or ambiguous, which was not the case here. Despite these irregul…

  • Murder
  • Plea Of Not Guilty
  • Unsworn Statement
  • Use Of Inculpatory Statements
  • Judicial Interrogation Of Accused
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