20210331 TZHC Mbeya
The trial court's failure to read and explain the charge and take the appellant's plea after preliminary hearing and before commencement of prosecution case, as well as failure to record the facts of the case in the proceedings, are fatal procedural irregularities that render the entire proceedings, conviction, and sentence a nullity.
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- Corruption
- Solicitation
- Obtaining advantage
- Fair trial
- Plea taking
- Nullity of proceedings