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The Supreme Court dismissed Mpongempite Emmanuel’s claim that two final Gacaca judgments from Nyabitare conflicted, finding only one final judgment for that date.
If an accused has already been convicted and punished for genocide, he cannot be punished again for failing to disclose the location of the victim's body, as this would constitute double jeopardy.
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The Court of Appeal established binding principles on the scope of appeals, intervention, finality of certain decisions, procedural requirements for auctions and employment termination, mitigation of criminal sentences, evidentiary standards for confessions and witness testimony, differentiation between drug possession and trafficking, and the requirements for valid land registration and contract annulment.
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Digest of Court of Appeal precedents from June to August 2023 covering evidence, sentencing, appeals, land, civil procedure, and auctions.
The Court of Appeal held there was no conflicting criminal judgments between RP 1184/13/TB/KCY and RPA 00084/2019/CA, so Mpozayo’s claim failed.
The Supreme Court held that Habimana’s second appeal was properly rejected because he lost in both lower courts on the same grounds, so no injustice was shown.
The High Court upheld an embezzlement conviction, held that administrative discipline did not bar criminal prosecution, and reduced and suspended the sentence.
The High Court upheld an embezzlement conviction, rejected a double-jeopardy argument based on disciplinary sanctions, and reduced and suspended the sentence.
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