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The appellant's plea was ambiguous, incomplete, and equivocal, failing to admit all essential elements of the offences; the trial court did not follow proper procedure, rendering the proceedings, conviction, and sentence a nullity.
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The trial magistrate committed fatal irregularities by including extraneous evidence from a post-trial locus in quo visit and by convicting under procedural rather than substantive law, rendering the proceedings and judgment null.
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The appellant's plea was equivocal and the sentence exceeded the statutory maximum; the conviction was upheld but the sentence was reduced to three years imprisonment.
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The plea procedure was not properly followed as the prosecution did not state the facts in open court, and the accused was not given an opportunity to respond, rendering the plea equivocal and the conviction unsafe.
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The trial court failed to comply with the mandatory procedure for recording a plea of guilty, as the prosecution did not state the facts in open court and the accused was not given an opportunity to respond, rendering the plea equivocal and the conviction unsafe.
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The Court of Appeal dismissed a criminal appeal because the appellant could not be traced, had not prosecuted the matter, and an indefinite adjournment was unwarranted.
The High Court partly allowed a traffic appeal, quashing a conviction for causing death by dangerous driving for insufficient evidence, but upholding the insurance conviction.
High Court allowed a criminal appeal after finding the trial judgment defective for lack of reasons and evidence evaluation, quashing the conviction and sentence.
The High Court dismissed Martin s/o Pakoni’s appeal, upholding convictions for dangerous driving and unlicensed carriage of passengers, and the sentence imposed.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against convictions for dangerous driving, causing death and injury, and using an unlicensed goods vehicle to carry passengers.
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