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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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High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.

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March 2003
Uganda v Labu (HCT-04-CR-SC-0192/2002) [2003] UGHCCRD 6 (12 March 2003) Unreliable identification evidence led to acquittal of the accused despite proof of death and malice. Criminal law – murder – elements: death, unlawfulness, malice aforethought, participation. Identification evidence – caution required where lighting, distance, timing and contradictions undermine reliability. Evidence – gaps in linking recovered weapon to victim weaken prosecution case. Acquittal appropriate where participation not proven beyond reasonable doubt despite other elements established.	12 March 2003

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March 2003

Uganda v Labu (HCT-04-CR-SC-0192/2002) [2003] UGHCCRD 6 (12 March 2003)

Unreliable identification evidence led to acquittal of the accused despite proof of death and malice.

Criminal law – murder – elements: death, unlawfulness, malice aforethought, participation. Identification evidence – caution required where lighting, distance, timing and contradictions undermine reliability. Evidence – gaps in linking recovered weapon to victim weaken prosecution case. Acquittal appropriate where participation not proven beyond reasonable doubt despite other elements established.

12 March 2003