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Criminal law RPAA 00155/2022/CA

UBUSHINJACYAHA v. MUSHUMBA N’ABANDI

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
RPAA 00155/2022/CA

The Court of Appeal held that late appeal grounds are inadmissible, a guilty plea first raised on appeal does not reduce sentence, and changed Kuradusenge Valens’s offence description only.

  • Appeal deadlines
  • Late grounds of appeal
  • Plea of guilty on appeal
  • Change of offence description
  • Drug offences
  • Sentencing
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Criminal law RPAA 00253/2024/CA

UBUSHINJACYAHA vs MUGABONAKE

Court
Court of Appeal
Case number
RPAA 00253/2024/CA

The Court of Appeal dismissed Mugabonake Vedaste’s conviction appeal as to guilt, but reduced his sentence from life imprisonment to 25 years.

  • Child defilement
  • Appeal procedure
  • Late grounds of appeal
  • Evidentiary value of confession
  • Mitigation of sentence
  • Child-defilement
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