NA TZHC Dar es Salaam2
The trial court erred by admitting the extra-judicial statement without conducting a trial within a trial to determine voluntariness, rendering the conviction unsafe.
- Citation
- NA TZHC Dar es Salaam2
- Parties
- Appellant: Hotibu Tengu; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 24 February 1987
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- conviction and sentence set aside
- Legal Topics
- Murder, Admissibility of Evidence, Extra Judicial Statement, Trial Procedure
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Hotibu Tengu
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the extra-judicial statement was admissible
- 2 Whether the conviction for murder was proper
Ratio Decidendi
The trial court erred by admitting the extra-judicial statement without conducting a trial within a trial to determine voluntariness, rendering the conviction unsafe.
Court Disposition
conviction and sentence set aside
Orders
- appeal allowed
- conviction quashed
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