19881207 TZCA Dar es Salaam6
No exceptional or specific circumstances were revealed to justify interference with the sentence imposed by the trial judge; the appeal is dismissed.
- Citation
- 19881207 TZCA Dar es Salaam6
- Parties
- Appellant: Primus s/o Theonest; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZCA
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 7 December 1988
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence
- Outcome
- appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Manslaughter, Sentencing, Mitigation
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Primus s/o Theonest
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appeal Against Sentence
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the sentence of eight years' imprisonment for manslaughter should be reduced due to mitigating circumstances
Ratio Decidendi
No exceptional or specific circumstances were revealed to justify interference with the sentence imposed by the trial judge; the appeal is dismissed.
Court Disposition
appeal dismissed
Orders
- sentence of eight years' imprisonment upheld
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