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The appellant's plea was not unequivocal as he qualified his admission to the facts and the trial court failed to follow the established procedure for recording a plea of guilty, rendering the proceedings a nullity.
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The trial magistrate entered a plea of not guilty despite the applicant's admission, but proceeded as if it was a guilty plea, failing to call prosecution witnesses. This procedural irregularity rendered the proceedings and conviction a nullity.
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The trial court failed to follow the mandatory procedure for taking a plea and conducting a preliminary hearing, resulting in an equivocal plea. The conviction and sentence based on such a plea are invalid, necessitating a retrial.
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The applicant demonstrated sufficient cause for the delay in filing his notice and petition of appeal, as the delay was due to late receipt of judgment and multiple prison transfers, circumstances beyond his control. The respondent supported these reasons, and the court found them valid and persuasive, warranting the grant of extension of time.
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The conviction and sentence were quashed because the appellant was not given an opportunity to comment on the facts after they were read over, amounting to an unfinished plea and a procedural irregularity.
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In the absence of the trial court record and impossibility of reconstruction, there is no material upon which the prosecution can be recommenced; thus, proceedings are nullified, conviction and sentence quashed, and the appellant is to be released.
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The High Court quashed a rape conviction entered on a plea of guilty, holding that the plea procedure and preliminary hearing were improperly conducted.
The Court of Appeal held that a conviction entered without properly recording a change from not guilty to guilty was invalid and ordered a retrial.
High Court appeal allowed after finding the guilty plea was equivocal and the trial court failed to comply with mandatory plea-taking procedure.
The High Court dismissed a criminal revision application, holding that revision should not be used where the applicants had a right of appeal against sentence.
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