CRIMINAL APPLICATION STIVE MWITA
Given the applicant's status as a prisoner and his efforts to file the application despite institutional limitations, the court finds sufficient cause to grant extension of time.
- Citation
- CRIMINAL APPLICATION STIVE MWITA
- Parties
- Applicant: Stive Mwita; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- TANZLII
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 13 November 2024
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Application for Extension of Time to Appeal
- Outcome
- application allowed
- Legal Topics
- Extension of Time, Appeal Out of Time, Prisoner Rights
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Stive Mwita
Applicant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Criminal Application / Ruling on Application for Extension of Time to Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the applicant has shown sufficient cause for extension of time to file an appeal out of time
Ratio Decidendi
Given the applicant's status as a prisoner and his efforts to file the application despite institutional limitations, the court finds sufficient cause to grant extension of time.
Court Disposition
application allowed
Orders
- Applicant granted 30 days from the date of the ruling to file his appeal
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