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Criminal Law [2017] ZAGPPHC 41

Segalo v S (A543/2010)

Segalo v S (A543/2010) [2017] ZAGPPHC 41 (14 February 2017)

Court
North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria
Case number
A543/2010
Judges
Ranchod, Nobanda

Appeal from a corruption conviction and five-year sentence dismissed. The High Court held the complainant’s evidence, though cautious, was reliable and contradictions were not material.

  • Corruption Act
  • Credibility Of Single Witness
  • Evaluation Of Evidence
  • Sentence Mitigation
  • Police Corruption
  • Corruption
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Criminal Law [1992] ZASCA 48

S v Sellem (6/91)

S v Sellem (6/91) [1992] ZASCA 48; 1992 (2) SA 795 (AD); (30 March 1992)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
6/91
Judges
Corbett, Smalberger, Kumleben, F H Grosskopf, Van Coller

The Appellate Division held that an isolated diamond transaction can amount to “purchase” under the Diamonds Act, and reinstated the conviction with a reduced sentence.

  • Illicit Diamond Dealing
  • Statutory Interpretation
  • Agency And Mandate
  • Entrapment
  • Sentence Mitigation
  • Statutory-interpretation
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