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Criminal law 20120305 TZHC Dodoma

20120305 TZHC Dodoma

The High Court allowed an arson appeal, quashed the conviction, and ordered the appellant’s release after finding unsafe identification evidence and ignored alibi evidence.

  • Arson
  • Visual identification
  • Defence of alibi
  • Evaluation of evidence
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Visual-identification
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Criminal law 20010522 TZHC Mbeya2

20010522 TZHC Mbeya2

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal for cattle theft, quashing the conviction after finding the prosecution had not proved guilt beyond reasonable doubt.

  • Cattle theft
  • Burden of proof
  • Standard of proof
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Criminal-law
  • Cattle-theft
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Criminal law 19950607 TZHC Dar es Salaam2

19950607 TZHC Dar es Salaam2

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal after finding the prosecution had not proved that the substance was bhang beyond reasonable doubt.

  • Unlawful possession of bhang
  • Standard of proof
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Criminal-law
  • Unlawful-possession
  • Standard-of-proof
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Criminal law 19840919 TZHC Dar es Salaam

19840919 TZHC Dar es Salaam

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashing the conviction for possession of suspected stolen property because the evidence did not prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.

  • Possession of suspected stolen property
  • Burden of proof
  • Standard of proof
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Criminal-law
  • Burden-of-proof
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Criminal law 19780815 TZHC Dodoma 1

19780815 TZHC Dodoma 1

The High Court allowed the criminal appeals, holding that the trial court failed to evaluate the defence and relied too heavily on fingerprint evidence.

  • Evaluation of evidence
  • Fingerprint evidence
  • Burden of proof
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Criminal-law
  • Fingerprint-evidence
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Criminal law 19770711 TZHC Dodoma

19770711 TZHC Dodoma

The High Court allowed an appeal against conviction for possession of suspected stolen property, holding the trial court misdirected itself on the burden of proof.

  • Possession of suspected stolen property
  • Burden of proof
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Criminal-law
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Possession-of-suspected-stolen-property
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Criminal law 19740813 TZHC Mwanza

19740813 TZHC Mwanza

The High Court quashed a conviction for stealing by servant after finding the evidence unsafe and the trial court had misdirected itself on the nature of the shortage.

  • Stealing by servant
  • Burden of proof
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Criminal-law
  • Stealing-by-servant
  • Criminal-appeals
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Criminal law 19740419 TZHC Arusha

19740419 TZHC Arusha

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal after finding the trial court failed to properly consider the appellant’s alibi, making the conviction unsafe.

  • Hunting royal game
  • Possession of government trophy
  • Alibi defence
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Criminal-appeal
  • Alibi-defence
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Criminal law 19730505 TZHC Mwanza

19730505 TZHC Mwanza

The convictions were unsafe due to contradictory evidence, misapplication of Section 312 of the Penal Code, and improper shifting of the burden of proof to the appellants.

  • Possession of suspected stolen property
  • Burden of proof
  • Misdirection by trial court
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Criminal law 19710908 TZHC Arusha

19710908 TZHC Arusha

The High Court allowed a cattle theft appeal, quashing the conviction and sentence after finding the prosecution case weak, delayed, and lacking proper identification of the stolen cow.

  • Cattle theft
  • Evidence
  • Delay in prosecution
  • Identification of stolen property
  • Misdirection by trial court
  • Cattle-theft
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