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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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June 2014
Mpanga v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.0055 of 2012) [2014] UGHCCRD 101 (25 June 2014)
Appellate court upheld convictions for forgery and related offences, confirming accomplice testimony may suffice under Section 132 Evidence Act.
Criminal law – forgery, uttering false documents and obtaining registration by false pretences; accomplice evidence – competency and sufficiency under Section 132 Evidence Act; appellate re-evaluation of trial court’s assessment of documentary and witness evidence; corroboration not always required for accomplice testimony.
 25 June 2014
Uganda v Musana (Criminal Session Case No. 1 of 2012) [2014] UGHCCRD 51 (24 June 2014)
Criminal law
 24 June 2014
Komakech v Uganda (HCT 02 CR CM- 0032 2014) [2014] UGHCCRD 82 (20 June 2014)
Constitutional Law|Criminal law|Human Rights
 20 June 2014
Uganda (DPP) v Mpanga & Ors (SESSION CASE NO. HCT-00-SC 0014/2014) [2014] UGHCCRD 33 (20 June 2014)
Criminal law
 20 June 2014
Uganda v Ijakorit & Anor (Criminal Session Case. No. 12 of 2012.) [2014] UGHCCRD 448 (20 June 2014)
Criminal law
 20 June 2014
Uganda v Tumwine & Anor (Criminals Ession Case 26 of 2012.) [2014] UGHCCRD 57 (19 June 2014)
Criminal law
 19 June 2014
Uganda v Enyangu (Criminal Session Case. 5 of 2012) [2014] UGHCCRD 46 (18 June 2014)
Criminal law
 18 June 2014
Uganda v Etonu (Criminal Session Case. 11 of 2012) [2014] UGHCCRD 47 (18 June 2014)
Criminal law
 18 June 2014
Uganda v Bongomin (Criminal Session Case No. 194 of 2011) [2014] UGHCCRD 91 (13 June 2014)
Criminal law
 13 June 2014
Uganda v Nakalyango & Anor (Criminal Session Case No. 452 of 2010) [2014] UGHCCRD 32 (13 June 2014)
Criminal law
 13 June 2014
Nuwagira & Anor v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.7 of 2014) [2014] UGHCCRD 110 (10 June 2014)
Criminal law
 10 June 2014
Uganda v Gule (Criminal Session Case No. 302 of 2013) [2014] UGHCCRD 31 (6 June 2014)
Whether the prosecution proved all elements of murder and the voluntariness and corroboration of the accused’s confession.
Criminal law – Murder: proof of death, unlawfulness and malice aforethought; Confession: voluntariness and trial-within-trial; Circumstantial evidence and corroboration; Sentencing – life imprisonment versus death penalty.
 6 June 2014
Nuwagira v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.8 of 2014) [2014] UGHCCRD 102 (2 June 2014)
Appellate court dismissed appeal and upheld conviction for obtaining money by false pretence, finding proof beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law – Obtaining money by false pretence – elements and proof beyond reasonable doubt. Appellate review – duty to re-evaluate evidence yet defer to trial court's advantage in assessing witnesses. Evidence – effect of failure to call intermediary witnesses where their role is not disputed. Procedure – alleged failure to warn unrepresented accused about cross-examination did not vitiate conviction where no prejudice shown.
 2 June 2014