Tanzania Case Law

Masele Machibya

Court

TANZLII

The court found that the first and third accused, acting jointly, murdered the deceased with malice aforethought, based primarily on the corroborated extra-judicial confession of the second accused, which was found to be voluntary, truthful, and supported by independent evidence. The second accused was acquitted due to plausible explanation of her conduct under threats and lack of evidence of prior knowledge or participation.

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• Murder
• Accomplice evidence
• Confession
• Malice aforethought
• Defence of alibi
• Accessory after the fact

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republic vs khalid almas mwinyi and 17 others 2022 tzhc 14965 2 december 2022

Court

TZHC

The High Court convicted multiple accused persons of conspiracy to murder and murder of Wayne Derek Lotter, relying on confessions, identification evidence, and ballistic proof.

• Murder
• Conspiracy to murder
• Accessory after the fact
• Criminal procedure
• Evidence
• Confession

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19931108 TZHC Mwanza

Court

TZHC

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashing an accessory-after-the-fact conviction because the evidence did not prove the offence to the required standard.

• Accessory after the fact
• Cattle theft
• Evidence admissibility
• Criminal-law
• Accessory-after-the-fact
• Evidence-admissibility

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19930811 TZHC Mwanza

Court

TZHC

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashing an accessory-after-the-fact conviction because the record did not prove the required elements or admissible evidence.

• Accessory after the fact
• Standard of proof
• Admissibility of evidence
• Accessory-after-the-fact
• Criminal-appeals
• Evidence

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19911018 TZHC Tabora1

Court

TZHC

The High Court of Tanzania allowed a criminal appeal, quashed a conviction for housebreaking and stealing, and held the evidence did not link the appellant to the offences.

• House breaking
• Stealing
• Accessory after the fact
• Conviction
• Sentence
• Criminal-law

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19901219 TZHC Dar es Salaam

Court

TZHC

The High Court quashed a conviction for breaking and stealing, but found the appellant guilty as an accessory after the fact and sentenced him to two years.

• Breaking and entering
• Theft
• Accessory after the fact
• Criminal-law
• Accessory-after-the-fact
• Breaking-and-entering

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19890425 TZHC Dar es Salaam

Court

TZHC

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, holding there was no evidence that the appellants knew of a robbery or intentionally helped the robbers.

• Accessory after the fact
• Robbery with violence
• Standard of proof
• Evidence assessment
• Accessory-after-the-fact
• Robbery-with-violence

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19800521 TZHC Mbeya

Court

TZHC

On appeal from a cattle theft conviction, the High Court quashed the second appellant’s conviction for lack of evidence but upheld the first appellant’s conviction and five-year sentence.

• Cattle theft
• Accessory after the fact
• Evidence assessment
• Cattle-theft
• Criminal-appeal
• Evidence-assessment

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19800229 TZHC Dar es Salaam

Court

TZHC

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal after finding that the trial magistrate wrongly convicted the appellant of an alternative offence without legal authority.

• Conspiracy to commit felony
• Stealing
• Accessory after the fact
• Criminal-law
• Criminal-appeal
• Accessory-after-the-fact

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19761208 TZHC Tabora

Court

TZHC

The High Court upheld Omari’s conviction for stealing roofing nails from Government Stores, finding the circumstantial evidence sufficient and dismissing the appeal.

• Stealing by public servant
• Circumstantial evidence
• Accessory after the fact
• Criminal-law
• Circumstantial-evidence
• Theft-by-public-servant

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