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enock so petro shija vs republic 2023 tzhc 17310 15 may 2023

The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against a 30-year armed robbery conviction, finding the identification, parade, and link to the stolen motorcycle were sufficiently proved.

  • Armed-robbery
  • Identification-evidence
  • Admissibility-of-cautioned-statement
  • Ownership-of-stolen-property
  • Appeal-procedure
  • Identification-parade
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20191016 TZHC Mwanza2

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashing convictions for gang armed robbery after finding defects in identification, confession procedure, and proof of ownership.

  • Armed-robbery
  • Visual-identification
  • Ownership-of-stolen-property
  • Admissibility-of-confession
  • Corroboration-of-evidence
  • Criminal-appeal
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salim petro another vs the dpp 2011 tzca 149 1 march 2011

The Court of Appeal quashed armed robbery convictions after finding the appellants’ cautioned statements inadmissible and the remaining evidence insufficient.

  • Armed-robbery
  • Admissibility-of-evidence
  • Ownership-of-stolen-property
  • Corroboration-of-accomplice-evidence
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Inadmissible-statements
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martin mpenzi vs republic 2010 tzca 33 1 october 2010

Second appeal in a robbery with violence case. The Court upheld identification evidence, rejected the alibi, and confirmed the 15-year sentence.

  • Robbery-with-violence
  • Identification-evidence
  • Alibi-defence
  • Sentencing
  • Ownership-of-stolen-property
  • Criminal-sentencing
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20080424 TZCA Mwanza

The Court of Appeal allowed a second criminal appeal, quashing an armed robbery conviction because ownership was not proved and witness evidence was contradictory.

  • Armed-robbery
  • Identification-evidence
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Contradictions-in-evidence
  • Ownership-of-stolen-property
  • Criminal-appeal
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19970723 TZHC Mwanza1

Criminal appeal against a guilty plea and sentence for theft of iron sheets. The High Court upheld the conviction, but noted the sentence had to follow the statutory minimum.

  • Theft
  • Minimum-sentences
  • Plea-of-guilty
  • Ownership-of-stolen-property
  • Criminal-law
  • Guilty-plea
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19940429 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court upheld a theft conviction, holding that a charge-sheet error on ownership did not defeat proof where the elements of theft were established.

  • Theft
  • Sentencing
  • Ownership-of-stolen-property
  • Criminal-law
  • Charge-sheet-variance
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19890130 TZHC Dar es Salaam

On appeal, the court quashed a theft conviction but upheld a conviction for receiving stolen property, finding the appellant was in possession of goods suspected to be stolen.

  • Theft-by-public-servant
  • Receiving-stolen-property
  • Evidence
  • Ownership-of-stolen-property
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Theft
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