19940609 TZCA Dar es Salaam
The sentence of 30 years' imprisonment was illegal as the offence was committed before the law prescribing that sentence came into force; the correct sentence is 7 years' imprisonment, which was the minimum at the time of the offence.
- Citation
- 19940609 TZCA Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Appellant: Edward Sinkala; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 9 June 1994
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence
- Outcome
- appeal allowed in part
- Legal Topics
- Sentencing, Retrospective Application of Law, Robbery With Violence
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Edward Sinkala
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentence of 30 years' imprisonment was lawful given the date of the offence and the commencement of Act No. 10 of 1989
Ratio Decidendi
The sentence of 30 years' imprisonment was illegal as the offence was committed before the law prescribing that sentence came into force; the correct sentence is 7 years' imprisonment, which was the minimum at the time of the offence.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed in part
Orders
- Sentence of 30 years' imprisonment set aside
- Sentence of 7 years' imprisonment substituted
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