19930505 TZHC Dodoma
The conviction was unsafe due to unreliable identification evidence and inconsistencies regarding the amount allegedly stolen.
- Citation
- 19930505 TZHC Dodoma
- Parties
- Appellant: Godfrey Appolo; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 5 May 1993
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Robbery With Violence, Visual Identification, Evidence Assessment
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Godfrey Appolo
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the conviction for robbery with violence was supported by reliable identification evidence
Ratio Decidendi
The conviction was unsafe due to unreliable identification evidence and inconsistencies regarding the amount allegedly stolen.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- conviction quashed
- sentence set aside
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