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Criminal Law [1997] ZASCA 22

S v Rabotshankga (564/94)

S v Rabotshankga (564/94) [1997] ZASCA 22 (25 March 1997)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
564/94
Judges
Vivier, Harms, Scott

The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld Gilbert Rabotshankga’s murder conviction but set aside the death sentence after S v Makwanyane, remitting the matter for a competent sentence.

  • Murder
  • Death Sentence
  • Constitutional Invalidity
  • Credibility Of Witnesses
  • Improbabilities In Evidence
  • Criminal-law
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