Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Tanzania decisions
Decisions matching the current search
The trial court failed to comply with section 127(2) of the Evidence Act by not recording the victim's promise to tell the truth and not to tell lies, rendering her evidence inadmissible and leaving no evidence to sustain the conviction.
Source excerpt
The trial court failed to conduct the mandatory voire dire examination for the child witness as required by section 127(2) of the Evidence Act. As a result, the testimony of the child was improperly received and must be discounted. With the exclusion of this testimony, there was no sufficient evidence to support the conviction, and the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.
Source excerpt
Explore more
