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Criminal law 20180704 TZCA Mwanza

20180704 TZCA Mwanza

The notice of appeal was filed within the statutory period by submission to the prison officer; the summary rejection was improper as the judge did not review the record; the appellant, being a juvenile and first offender, should have received corporal punishment only, not imprisonment.

  • Rape
  • Appeal procedure
  • Sentencing of juveniles
  • Summary rejection of appeals
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Criminal law credo siwale vs republic 2014 tzca 184 22 october 2014

credo siwale vs republic 2014 tzca 184 22 october 2014

The High Court misdirected itself by summarily rejecting the appeal without considering material discrepancies between the charge and the evidence, and the insufficiency of identification evidence, resulting in a miscarriage of justice. The conviction was unsafe and the sentence could not stand.

  • Armed robbery
  • Summary rejection of appeals
  • Identification evidence
  • Variance between charge and evidence
  • Exercise of judicial discretion
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Civil procedure 20040602 TZCA Mbeya3

20040602 TZCA Mbeya3

The Court of Appeal struck out an application for revision from a Primary Court matter, holding that the High Court had no review jurisdiction and that the route used avoided the required certificate on a point of law.

  • Revision jurisdiction
  • Summary rejection of appeals
  • Jurisdiction of high court
  • Requirement of certificate on point of law
  • Revision-jurisdiction
  • Summary-rejection-of-appeal
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