20190409 TZCA Arusha2
The charge sheet was fatally defective for failing to specify to whom the weapons were directed, and the victim did not testify, resulting in no direct evidence to establish the offence; conviction cannot stand.
- Citation
- 20190409 TZCA Arusha2
- Parties
- Appellant: Filbert Alphonce Machalo; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 9 April 2019
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Second Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Armed Robbery, Defective Charge Sheet, Visual Identification, Evidence, Identification Parade
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Filbert Alphonce Machalo
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Second Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant was properly identified at the scene and at the identification parade
- 2 Whether the identification parade was conducted in accordance with Police General Orders
- 3 Whether the charge sheet was defective for failing to specify to whom weapons were directed
Ratio Decidendi
The charge sheet was fatally defective for failing to specify to whom the weapons were directed, and the victim did not testify, resulting in no direct evidence to establish the offence; conviction cannot stand.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- conviction quashed
- sentence of thirty years imprisonment set aside
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