Tanzania Case Law

director of public prosecutions vs israel so kunenge and dito jocktan 2020 tzhc 4168 11 december 2020

Court

TZHC

The High Court allowed the DPP’s appeal, set aside an acquittal, and convicted the respondents of malicious damage to property and assault causing actual bodily harm.

• Malicious damage to property
• Assault causing actual bodily harm
• Community service sentencing
• Malicious-damage-to-property
• Assault-causing-actual-bodily-harm
• Criminal-appeal

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asha hassan vs emmanuel magembe and 2 others 2020 tzhc 2430 31 july 2020

Court

TZHC

The 1st respondent's utterance of threatening words completed the offence under section 89(2) of the Penal Code; subsequent departure from the scene was immaterial. The lower courts' reasoning was legally and logically flawed, warranting interference and conviction.

Source excerpt

• Threatening to kill
• Community service sentencing
• Appellate review

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20100830 TZHC Mbeya

Court

TZHC

The High Court struck out a criminal appeal as incompetent because the appellants filed a joint memorandum of appeal and only one appellant gave notice of appeal.

• Grievous harm
• Appeal procedure
• Community service sentencing
• Criminal-appeal-procedure
• Notice-of-appeal
• Joint-appeal-memorandum

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