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The High Court partly allowed a criminal appeal, quashing proceedings involving PW1’s evidence after finding an oath and interpreter irregularity that affected fairness.
- Armed robbery
- Grievous harm
- Fair trial
- Evidence
- Interpretation
- Oath
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20110908 TZHC Dar es Salaam
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal after finding a fatal plea-taking irregularity: the appellants’ pleas were not individually recorded and translation safeguards were unclear.
- Plea taking
- Procedural irregularity
- Language barrier
- Conviction and sentence
- Criminal-procedure
- Plea-taking
20110723 TZCA Mbeya
The proceedings were vitiated by failure to specify the ingredients of the offence and failure to ensure the accused understood the charge in a language he comprehended, rendering the plea of guilty invalid.
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- Rape
- Plea of guilty
- Procedure
- Language of the court
- Interpretation
- Elements of offence
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