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Criminal law RPAA 00290/2023/CA

UBUSHINJACYAHA vs OKECHUKWU

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Court of Appeal
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RPAA 00290/2023/CA

Court of Appeal upheld a 25-year sentence and RWF 21 million fine for heroin trafficking, holding the interpretive ministerial order applied retroactively.

  • Retroactive application of interpretative statutes
  • Drug trafficking
  • Sentencing discretion
  • Mitigating circumstances
  • Procedural bars in appeals
  • Drug-trafficking
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