Akol v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No. 4 of 1993) [1994] UGHCCRD 28 (28 April 1994)

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Criminal law|Evidence Law|Evaluation of Evidence

Case summary

The appellate court considered whether the trial magistrate erred in law in failing to evaluate the evidence on record correctly. The court held that had the trial magistrate appraised the evidence before him, he would have arrived at a different conclusion. That there is no evidence pointing to the appellants breaking in to access the iron sheets and that at the time of the theft, the appellant was on duty outside of the office. Court also considered whether the trial magistrate was biased hence occasioning a total miscarriage of justice. Court held that the trial was conducted perfunctorily of bias as there was no evidence that the appellant had stolen the said iron-sheets.

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