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Failure by the successor magistrate to comply with section 214(1) of the CPA by not recording reasons for taking over the case renders the proceedings, conviction, and sentence a nullity.
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High Court criminal appeal dismissed after upholding a rape conviction and life sentence, finding any child-witness irregularity did not undermine the remaining evidence.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal because the successor magistrate took over a partly heard case without recording reasons, making the proceedings irregular.
The failure of the trial magistrate to sign and date the judgment is a fatal omission under section 312(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act, rendering the judgment a nullity. Consequently, the proceedings and judgment of the first appellate court, which emanated from a nullity, are also nullified.
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Non-compliance with section 214(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act by the successor magistrate rendered the proceedings before the trial court and High Court a nullity, necessitating a retrial from the stage left by the predecessor magistrate after proper compliance.
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The High Court nullified a criminal appeal record because the successor magistrate gave no reasons for taking over the trial, contrary to section 214 of the CPA.
The High Court nullified a robbery conviction because multiple magistrates handled the trial without compliance with section 214 of the Criminal Procedure Act.
The High Court quashed a criminal conviction after finding the trial was a nullity because the accused was not told of rights on magistrate transfer and the charge was defective.
The successor magistrate had no authority to continue and complete the trial without reasons for the predecessor's inability being recorded, rendering the proceedings and judgments of both the trial and first appellate courts a nullity.
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The successor magistrate had no authority to continue and complete the trial without reasons for the predecessor's inability being recorded, rendering the proceedings and judgments of both the trial and first appellate courts nullities.
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