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Criminal Law [2009] ZAFSHC 7

S v Machitje (763/2008)

S v Machitje (763/2008) [2009] ZAFSHC 7 (29 January 2009)

Court
Free State High Court, Bloemfontein
Case number
763/2008
Judges
C. H. G. Van der Merwe, A. F. Jordaan

The High Court set aside a guilty-plea conviction because the accused’s answers did not clearly admit an intention to steal. The matter was remitted under section 113.

  • Housebreaking
  • Intention To Steal
  • Section 112 1 B Criminal Procedure Act
  • Section 113 Criminal Procedure Act
  • Section 312 1 Criminal Procedure Act
  • Criminal-law
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