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Criminal law edwin thobias paul vs republic 2018 tzca 367 10 may 2018

edwin thobias paul vs republic 2018 tzca 367 10 may 2018

The Court of Appeal upheld a conviction for attempted rape of a child, struck out an intoxication ground raised for the first time, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Attempted rape
  • Sentencing
  • Appeals
  • Intoxication as defence
  • Attempted-rape
  • Criminal-appeals
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Criminal law 20111125 TZCA Mwanza 1

20111125 TZCA Mwanza 1

The Court of Appeal upheld a conviction for rape based on an unequivocal guilty plea and admitted facts showing the offence was made out.

  • Rape
  • Plea of guilty
  • Procedure for recording plea
  • Intoxication as defence
  • Conviction and sentence
  • Guilty-plea
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Criminal law 20100503 TZCA Mwanza

20100503 TZCA Mwanza

The Court of Appeal upheld a life sentence for rape of an eight-year-old girl, holding that the appellant’s guilty plea was unequivocal and the sentence was lawful.

  • Rape
  • Sentencing
  • Plea of guilty
  • Intoxication as defence
  • Criminal-law
  • Guilty-plea
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Criminal law 19830905 TZCA Arusha1

19830905 TZCA Arusha1

Confession made by first appellant to police inadmissible due to non-retrospective amendment; conviction of second appellant unsafe without confession and insufficient corroborative evidence; first appellant's conviction sustained based on confession to third party and corroborative forensic evidence establishing participation and malice aforethought.

  • Murder
  • Rape
  • Confession evidence
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Malice aforethought
  • Intoxication as defence
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