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Criminal law CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 40 OF 3030 TUMAINI FRANK ABRAHAM VS THE REPUBLIC

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 40 OF 3030 TUMAINI FRANK ABRAHAM VS THE REPUBLIC

The prosecution failed to prove the offences beyond reasonable doubt due to material inconsistencies in the victim's evidence and the inadmissibility of the cautioned statement, leaving no credible evidence to sustain the conviction.

  • Rape
  • Impregnating a school girl
  • Defective charge
  • Standard of proof
  • Evidentiary inconsistencies
  • Substitution of charge
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Criminal law moshi hamisi kapwacha vs republic 2015 tzca 400 1 december 2015

moshi hamisi kapwacha vs republic 2015 tzca 400 1 december 2015

The conviction was unsustainable due to material inconsistencies and contradictions in the prosecution evidence, failure to consider the defence evidence, and lack of watertight evidence to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt.

  • Corruption
  • Evidentiary inconsistencies
  • Evaluation of defence evidence
  • Fair trial
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Criminal law hashimu ally makuwa vs republic 2008 tzhc 275 18 july 2008

hashimu ally makuwa vs republic 2008 tzhc 275 18 july 2008

On appeal, the High Court quashed a statutory rape conviction, set aside a 30-year sentence, and ordered the appellant released unless otherwise lawfully held.

  • Statutory rape
  • Impregnation of school girl
  • Sentencing of juveniles
  • Evidentiary inconsistencies
  • Statutory-rape
  • Criminal-appeals
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Criminal law 20050606 TZHC Mwanza

20050606 TZHC Mwanza

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal for robbery with violence, quashed the conviction and sentence, and held that evidentiary inconsistencies undermined the case.

  • Robbery with violence
  • Armed robbery
  • Doctrine of recent possession
  • Evidentiary inconsistencies
  • Criminal-law
  • Robbery-with-violence
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Criminal law 19800503 TZHC Mbeya

19800503 TZHC Mbeya

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal against a conviction for stealing by agent, finding the police confession inadmissible and the prosecution evidence inconsistent.

  • Stealing by agent
  • Confession admissibility
  • Evidentiary inconsistencies
  • Criminal-law
  • Stealing-by-agent
  • Confession-admissibility
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