20120515 TZHC Dar es Salaam
Failure by the trial magistrate to take the appellants' plea at the commencement of trial is a fatal error that renders the entire proceedings, conviction, and sentence null and void.
- Citation
- 20120515 TZHC Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Appellant: Fred Stephen; Appellant: Msafiri Kimario; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 15 May 2012
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Armed Robbery, Plea Taking, Nullity of Proceedings
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Fred Stephen
Appellant
Msafiri Kimario
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether failure to take the appellants' plea at the commencement of trial rendered the proceedings, conviction, and sentence null and void
Ratio Decidendi
Failure by the trial magistrate to take the appellants' plea at the commencement of trial is a fatal error that renders the entire proceedings, conviction, and sentence null and void.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- convictions quashed
- sentences set aside
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