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The prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant committed the offences due to unreliable identification and inadmissible hearsay evidence; the trial court erred in rejecting the alibi defence without sufficient proof of guilt.
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The High Court upheld a robbery conviction, finding violence was used to steal Shs. 80, but reduced the sentence from 8 years to 7 years for minimal violence.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal for robbery with violence, quashed the conviction and 15-year sentence, and ordered the appellant’s release.
The Court of Appeal quashed Balole Simba’s conviction after finding a fatal procedural defect in charge substitution and improper admission of a cautioned statement.
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania quashed Ally Said @ Tox’s robbery conviction and sentence, finding the prosecution failed to prove stealing beyond reasonable doubt.
The Court of Appeal upheld Kassim Salum’s robbery-with-violence conviction. It accepted the identification evidence and the sentence of 30 years imprisonment.
The Court of Appeal allowed a robbery-with-violence appeal after holding the prosecution failed to conclusively identify the allegedly stolen mobile phone.
PW1 and PW2 correctly identified the appellant under favourable conditions, named him at the earliest opportunity, and the prosecution proved the case beyond reasonable doubt; appellant's defence was considered and rejected.
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The D.P.P.'s appearance before the District and High Courts was unlawful as he was neither an appellant nor had served notice to be heard, rendering the proceedings and judgments of both appellate courts a nullity. The grounds of appeal before the Court of Appeal were not certified by the High Court, thus invalid. The enhancement of sentence by the High Court was illegal as it was based on a different offence and denied the appellant an opportunity to be heard.
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The Court of Appeal upheld reliance on recent possession but substituted the conviction from armed robbery to robbery with violence and reduced sentence to 15 years.
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