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HC: Criminal Division (Uganda)

The Criminal Division is Responsible for hearing all serious criminal offences referred to it by the Magistrates' Courts. According to the Principal Judge's Circular, except for Commercial Court Judges who must attend to only Commercial Court cases, the rest of the Judges of the High Court who are based in Kampala are members of the Criminal Division irrespective of the other Divisions of the High Court that they belong to.

Each of the above judges is supposed to do, at least, one High Court Criminal Session in a year at Kampala

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January 2000
Uganda v Kagaba (Criminal Session Case No. 25 of 99) [2000] UGHCCRD 1 (20 January 2000) Unreliable identification and questionable recovery of stolen property led to acquittal of the accused. * Criminal law – Visual identification – requirement for special caution where conviction depends substantially on identification (Nabulere principle). * Criminal law – Possession/recovery of stolen property – weight and admissibility where search procedure is irregular and linking evidence is weak. * Criminal law – Alibi – burden remains on prosecution to disprove alibi beyond reasonable doubt. * Evidence – High standard of proof required in murder cases; circumstantial and identification evidence must be scrutinised.	20 January 2000

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January 2000

Uganda v Kagaba (Criminal Session Case No. 25 of 99) [2000] UGHCCRD 1 (20 January 2000)

Unreliable identification and questionable recovery of stolen property led to acquittal of the accused.

* Criminal law – Visual identification – requirement for special caution where conviction depends substantially on identification (Nabulere principle). * Criminal law – Possession/recovery of stolen property – weight and admissibility where search procedure is irregular and linking evidence is weak. * Criminal law – Alibi – burden remains on prosecution to disprove alibi beyond reasonable doubt. * Evidence – High standard of proof required in murder cases; circumstantial and identification evidence must be scrutinised.

20 January 2000