20151111 TZHC Dodoma
The appellant was seventeen years old at the time of the offence and should have been sentenced to corporal punishment, not imprisonment; ordering corporal punishment now would result in double punishment.
- Citation
- 20151111 TZHC Dodoma
- Parties
- Appellant: Paulo Lucas; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 11 November 2015
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Rape, Sentencing of Minors, Corporal Punishment
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Paulo Lucas
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant was a minor at the time of the offence
- 2 Appropriate sentence for a minor convicted of rape
Ratio Decidendi
The appellant was seventeen years old at the time of the offence and should have been sentenced to corporal punishment, not imprisonment; ordering corporal punishment now would result in double punishment.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- Appellant to be released forthwith unless lawfully held for another offence
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