Tanzania Case Law

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 373 OF 2022 JOHN THADEI SEBASTIAN VS REPUBLIC

Court

TANZLII

The conviction was quashed because the evidence of the victim was interpreted by a prosecution witness, which is a procedural irregularity that rendered the evidence inadmissible. With the victim's evidence expunged, the remaining evidence was insufficient to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt.

Source excerpt

• Rape
• Sexual offences
• Interpretation of evidence
• Competence of interpreter
• Standard of proof
• Procedural irregularity

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dickson kamala vs republic 2021 tzca 208 21 may 2021

Court

TZCA

The Court of Appeal upheld Dickson Kamala’s armed robbery conviction, finding the eyewitness identification reliable and the recent-possession inference available.

• Armed robbery
• Visual identification
• Chain of custody
• Doctrine of recent possession
• Procedural irregularity
• Defective charge

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