19841201 TZCA Mwanza
The convictions were not supported by credible evidence due to misdirections and non-directions by both the trial and first appellate courts regarding identification and evidentiary matters. The findings were not founded on the evidence before the courts.
- Citation
- 19841201 TZCA Mwanza
- Parties
- Appellant: Busika s/o Kyaruzi; Appellant: Abdu s/o Abas; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 1 December 1984
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Second Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Robbery With Violence, Identification Evidence, Misdirection, Appeal Procedure
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Busika s/o Kyaruzi
Appellant
Abdu s/o Abas
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Second Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellants were properly identified as participants in the robbery with violence
- 2 Whether the trial and first appellate courts misdirected themselves on the evidence
Ratio Decidendi
The convictions were not supported by credible evidence due to misdirections and non-directions by both the trial and first appellate courts regarding identification and evidentiary matters. The findings were not founded on the evidence before the courts.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- convictions quashed
- sentences set aside
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