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Biryomumisho v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 406 of 2019) [2025] UGCA 40 (13 February 2025)
The Court of Appeal struck out four general grounds as non-compliant, upheld the murder conviction, but reduced the sentence after crediting full remand time and age as mitigation.
Ntambi v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 7 of 2011) [2022] UGCA 14 (10 February 2022)
The Court of Appeal reduced a murder sentence from life imprisonment to 30 years, finding the trial court failed to consider the appellant’s youthful age as a mitigating factor.
Kalenzi Vs Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 282 of 2011) [2019] UGCA 352 (30 September 2019)
The Court of Appeal found that the trial judge, while considering the appellant's age, wrongly treated it as an aggravating factor rather than a mitigating one. The court emphasized that youth, remorse, and the potential for reform should weigh in favor of a more lenient sentence. The appellate court also considered the need for consistency with sentences imposed in similar cases, referencing Abelle Asuman v Uganda, where 18 years was upheld as appropriate. The court concluded that the 23-year sentence was manifestly excessive in the circumstances, especially given the appellant's age, first…
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Tayebwa & Anor Vs Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 519 of 2014) [2019] UGCA 201 (2 July 2019)
The Court of Appeal reduced murder sentences after finding the trial court failed to consider remand time, youth, and the second appellant’s first-offender status.
Rex v Liduma and Another (Cr. Conf. Case No. 861/1934.) [1934] EACA 2 (1 January 1934)
The court reduced a burglary sentence from five to three years after finding the magistrate’s “confirmed criminal” label was unsupported by the record.
