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The plea of guilty entered by the appellant was equivocal because the prosecution failed to narrate sufficient facts to establish the ingredients of the offences, and the appellant was not given a full understanding of the charges, rendering the conviction and sentence invalid.
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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, finding the guilty plea equivocal because the charge and facts lacked essential details and the plea was improperly recorded.
The High Court held the appellant’s guilty plea was unequivocal and barred appeal against conviction, but reduced a 10-year sentence to immediate release.
The High Court upheld a guilty plea conviction for stealing by agent but found the ten-year sentence illegal and reduced it to two years.
The appellant's plea of guilty was unequivocal and properly recorded; therefore, the prosecution was not required to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt or call witnesses. The conviction and sentence were proper and the appeal has no merit.
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The appellant's plea of guilty was unequivocal and properly recorded in accordance with section 228(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act; the conviction and sentence were valid and the appeal lacked merit.
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The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal from a rape conviction, holding that the appellant’s plea of guilty was unequivocal and the sentence lawful.
The High Court at Mwanza allowed a criminal appeal, quashing a conviction entered on a guilty plea because the facts did not disclose stealing by agent and the charge was defective.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal after the appellant had pleaded guilty in the trial court, holding that no appeal lay except on sentence legality.
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania upheld a rape conviction, holding that the appellant’s guilty plea was unequivocal and properly accepted by the trial court.
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