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The appellant's plea of guilty was equivocal due to his possible mental incapacity and impaired hearing, making it unclear whether he understood and admitted the facts. Therefore, the conviction and sentence based on that plea cannot stand.
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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashing a conviction for unnatural offence after finding the evidence conflicting, inconclusive, and insufficient.
The High Court convicted the accused for trafficking heroin after finding she defecated 75 pellets while in custody, with a maintained chain of custody and corroborated confession.
The appellant's plea of guilty was not unequivocal due to his apparent mental instability, and the trial court erred by convicting and sentencing him without ascertaining his mental status. The admitted facts were also insufficient to establish the offence of armed robbery.
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The High Court dismissed an appeal over ownership of a Dar es Salaam house, finding no legal interest proved by the appellant and rejecting the insanity claim.
The High Court quashed a narcotics conviction after finding the appellant’s guilty plea was not unequivocal because of psychiatric illness.
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