19791212 TZHC Mwanza

The offences in the two cases, though similar and part of a series, were not the same and could not be combined after conviction and sentence in the first case. The law does not empower the court to order sentences from different trials, completed at different times, to run concurrently. The appeal fails as the...

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Citation: 19791212 TZHC Mwanza
Parties: Appellant: A 2150 PC Nikuumba; Respondent: The Republic
Court: TZHC
Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Judgment Date: 12 December 1979
Procedural Posture: Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
Outcome: appeal dismissed
Legal Topics: Stealing by Public Servant, Sentencing, Concurrent Sentences, Criminal Procedure
Source Language: english

Criminal Law Stealing by Public Servant Sentencing Concurrent Sentences Criminal Procedure

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Parties

A 2150 PC Nikuumba

Appellant

The Republic

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal

Legal Issues

1 Whether the appellant's sentences should have been ordered to run concurrently with previous sentences for similar offences
2 Whether the offences in the two cases were the same or could have been joined in one trial
3 Whether the court had power to order sentences from different trials to run concurrently

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

appeal dismissed

Orders

appeal dismissed in its entirety

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