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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed the conviction, and set aside the sentence after finding the prosecution case unsafe and unsupported.
The conviction for murder was upheld because, even after expunging improperly admitted evidence, the remaining testimony proved beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant intentionally killed the deceased and the defence of intoxication did not meet the legal threshold to reduce the offence to manslaughter.
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The conviction was quashed because the prosecution failed to comply with section 246(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act by not specifying the physical exhibits to be tendered at trial, thereby prejudicing the appellants and rendering the admitted exhibits inadmissible. With the core evidence expunged, the prosecution case collapsed.
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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed convictions, and set aside five-year sentences after finding serious procedural doubts in the search and evidence.
The Court of Appeal upheld Seifu Masudi’s conviction for conspiracy to steal and theft of cigarettes, and held that the trial was not a nullity.
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