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Criminal law jacklini hamisi vs hawa yasini 2019 tzhc 2157 15 august 2019

jacklini hamisi vs hawa yasini 2019 tzhc 2157 15 august 2019

The High Court set aside a District Court enhancement of sentence and compensation, finding the criminal case against the applicant was not proved beyond reasonable doubt.

  • Assault
  • Bodily harm
  • Compensation
  • Sentencing
  • Revision
  • Procedure
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Criminal law 20170621 TZHC Dodoma1

20170621 TZHC Dodoma1

The trial was vitiated because the presiding magistrate was changed without assigning reasons as required by section 214 of the Criminal Procedure Act, rendering the conviction and sentence invalid.

  • Change of magistrate
  • Failure to assign reasons
  • Section 214 criminal procedure act
  • Bodily harm
  • Conviction and sentence
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Criminal law 20151007 TZHC Mwanza

20151007 TZHC Mwanza

The High Court partly allowed an appeal, reducing a conviction for assault causing actual bodily harm to common assault and revising the sentence to three months.

  • Assault
  • Bodily harm
  • Sentencing
  • Evidence admissibility
  • Criminal-law
  • Bodily-harm
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Criminal law 19931104 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19931104 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal, holding that the fine was within the Road Traffic Act limits and that licence cancellation was mandatory.

  • Bodily harm
  • Driving licence cancellation
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Road-traffic-law
  • Driving-licence-cancellation
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Criminal law 19730720 TZHC Mwanza

19730720 TZHC Mwanza

The High Court dismissed two criminal appeals against convictions for assault causing actual bodily harm, upholding the trial court’s findings and sentences.

  • Assault
  • Bodily harm
  • Sentencing
  • Appeal
  • Criminal-law
  • Actual-bodily-harm
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Criminal law 19711105 TZHC Mwanza2

19711105 TZHC Mwanza2

The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal after finding the appellants had unequivocally pleaded guilty and the facts supported the assault conviction.

  • Assault
  • Bodily harm
  • Plea of guilty
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-law
  • Guilty-plea
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Criminal law 19700718 TZCA Dar es Salaam

19700718 TZCA Dar es Salaam

The evidence from the complainant and eyewitnesses was clear and reliable, leaving no reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the accused.

  • Assault
  • Bodily harm
  • Appeal
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