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Digest of Court of Appeal precedents on unsigned interview records, confessions, sentencing discretion, proof, testimony, retrials, and related procedure.
Voluntary interveners in criminal appeals who join at the first appellate stage cannot appeal to the Court of Appeal if the principal sentence does not meet the statutory threshold; only involuntary interveners may appeal once if adversely affected. Confessions at investigation are not nullified by later denial; only confessions at investigation or first instance are mitigating. Sentence reduction on appeal is permitted only if lower courts failed to adequately consider mitigating factors. Judicial discretion governs the acceptance of evidence, including hearsay, and the assessment of mitigat…
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The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals, upheld annulment of Kayitesi Immaculée’s gift to IKAY INC Ltd, and held the gift limit for a widow with children was not disproved.
The High Court held that civil-status registration alone did not prove a valid marriage, dismissed the appeal, and upheld the refusal to award matrimonial property.
The Supreme Court held the civil claim was admissible, found the disputed property had been gifted to Mukagahima Généreuse, and awarded the property and costs to her heirs.
The Supreme Court held that the criminal-proceedings stay principle did not apply to this insurance dispute and upheld the arbitral award in substance.
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