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The trial court substantially complied with sections 231 and 214 of the Criminal Procedure Act, as the accused was informed of his rights and did not object to the succession of magistrates; therefore, the High Court erred in finding procedural violations and ordering a retrial.
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The Court of Appeal of Tanzania quashed a conviction for unnatural offence after finding the trial court failed to comply with section 231 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
The High Court quashed a robbery-with-violence conviction after finding the trial court failed to make a prima facie case finding and deny the accused his defence.
The convictions were unsafe due to the trial court's failure to consider the defence, non-compliance with section 231 of the Criminal Procedure Act, reliance on weak and insufficient identification evidence, and the application of double standards in evaluating the evidence against different accused persons. The first appellate court compounded these errors by relying on extraneous considerations and misstatements of fact.
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