Tanzania Case Law

the republic vs mkome edward mwita 2024 tzhc 381 22 february 2024

Court

TZHC

The High Court held that the accused’s cautioned statement was voluntary and admissible after a trial within trial, overruling the defence objection.

• Admissibility of confession
• Voluntariness of statement
• Trial within trial procedure
• Torture allegations
• Criminal-evidence
• Confession-admissibility

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republic vs halfan hassan bwire and 3 others 2021 tzhcced 6678 14 december 2021

Court

TANZLII

The prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the cautioned statement of the 3rd accused was made voluntarily at Central Police Station, Dar es Salaam, and that procedural defects or discrepancies did not prejudice the accused or vitiate the statement's admissibility.

Source excerpt

• Admissibility of confession
• Voluntariness of statement
• Compliance with statutory procedure
• Burden of proof
• Police conduct
• Time limits for recording statements

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