patric andrew vs the republic 1994 tzca 53 20 march 1994

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OP TANZANIA

AT PAR US SALAAM (CORAM; MNZAVAS, J.A., MFALILA, J.A.. And LUBUVA. J .A .) CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 19 OF 1994

BETWEEN PATRICK ANDREW...................................APPELLANT AND THE REPUBLIC............................... ... . RESPONDENT (Appeal from "the decision o f "the Higfr Court of Tanzania at Dar es Salaam) (Hapigano, J .) dated the 16th day o f June, 1993 in H/Court Criminal Appeal No# 68,..o f. .1223

JUDGEMENT OF THE COURT MFALILA. J .A .t As a second appeal, th is appeal against the appellant's conviction fo r the offence o f Causing grievous harm contrary to Seotion 225 o f the penal Code and the sentence o f fiv e years imprisonment is oloarly without merit, one whioh would have been summarily dismissed undor the new le g is la tio n empowering th is Court to do so* At the t r ia l, the appellant entered a plea o f g u ilty and subsequently agreed to the corroctnces o f the facts as narrated "by the prosecutor# The facts revealed the oallous nature o f the eyo* vioious attack which resulted in the complainant losing an /4 * In our view nothing could "be more grievous# The t r ia l magistrate viewed the offonco in the same lig h t and sentonocd the appellant to fiv e yoars imprisonment# On f ir s t appeal to the High Court, that Court, (Mapigano» J «) summarily rojocrtod the appoal oonviction -undor Section 36O o f the Criminal Proooduro, Act eiroollanthad unequivooally pleaded g u ilty to tho, charge and . ^ tf«■ . - - .against tho sentonoo undor Sootion 364 (1 ) (a ) o f tho eamq f«on aooount o f tho soriousnoss o f tho injury in fliotod on tho v oomplaineat. Ihe appollant lodgod this furthor appoal* :x Socrtion 6 (7 ) (a ) of .tho Appolleto Jurisdiction Act 1979* bars appoals liko tho prosont to this Court on non logal isauog including sovority of sontonoo# As tho prosont appoal fa lls ■,e<iuwly Vithin tho provisions o f this Socrtion* it is 'ki'" k its oatiroty* EiXED at PitR ES SALAAM" this 28th day o f llarohf 1994« N.S. WZMdB

JUSTICE OF APISAL L*M» MFijLITiA * 3TICB OF mE&i D.Z. LUHJVA ' JUSTICE OF AFH5AE, I o ortify that this is a truo copy of* tho original* ( ) ;-vi; SE^OR^IIEHJTY^Ifflq^qSniflR^