20100325 TZCA Zanzibar
Failure to sum up to assessors rendered the trial defective; interests of justice require a retrial before another judge.
- Citation
- 20100325 TZCA Zanzibar
- Parties
- Appellant: Bashiru Rashid Omar; Respondent: S. M. Z.
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 25 March 2010
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Appeal From Conviction and Sentence After Trial
- Outcome
- appeal allowed; conviction and sentence quashed; retrial ordered
- Legal Topics
- Murder, Trial Procedure, Role of Assessors, Summing Up to Assessors, Retrial
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Bashiru Rashid Omar
Appellant
S. M. Z.
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appeal From Conviction and Sentence After Trial
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether failure to sum up to assessors vitiates the trial
- 2 Whether a retrial should be ordered in the circumstances
Ratio Decidendi
Failure to sum up to assessors rendered the trial defective; interests of justice require a retrial before another judge.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed; conviction and sentence quashed; retrial ordered
Orders
- Retrial before another judge as soon as possible.
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