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Criminal law godlisten raymond another vs republic 2015 tzca 431 9 june 2015

godlisten raymond another vs republic 2015 tzca 431 9 june 2015

The Court of Appeal allowed the first appellant’s appeal for unreliable identification, but upheld the second appellant’s conviction for procuring the abortion.

  • Manslaughter
  • Identification evidence
  • Abortion
  • Procurement of offence
  • Dying declaration
  • Alibi
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Criminal law godlisten raymond another vs republic 2015 tzca 155 9 june 2015

godlisten raymond another vs republic 2015 tzca 155 9 june 2015

The Court of Appeal quashed the first appellant's manslaughter conviction for unreliable identification, but upheld the second appellant's conviction for procuring the abortion.

  • Manslaughter
  • Identification evidence
  • Abortion
  • Dying declaration
  • Alibi
  • Identification parade
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Criminal law 19980908 TZHC Mbeya

19980908 TZHC Mbeya

The High Court upheld a guilty plea conviction for abortion but reduced the sentence from three years’ imprisonment to a conditional discharge to enable the appellant to finish school.

  • Abortion
  • Plea of guilty
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal procedure
  • Criminal-law
  • Guilty-plea
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Criminal law 19900621 TZCA Mwanza

19900621 TZCA Mwanza

The Court of Appeal quashed the High Court proceedings as a nullity for failure to comply with section 285 of the Criminal Procedure Act on assessors.

  • Murder
  • Abortion
  • Trial procedure
  • Role of assessors
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Trial-procedure
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Criminal law 19891127 TZCA Mbeya4 1

19891127 TZCA Mbeya4 1

The Court of Appeal of Tanzania dismissed an appeal against a manslaughter conviction, holding the evidence was sufficient and the sentence was not excessive.

  • Manslaughter
  • Abortion
  • Voluntariness of confession
  • Effective legal representation
  • Voluntariness-of-confession
  • Effective-legal-representation
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