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

Physical address
High Court Building at Plot 2, the Square.
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March 2018
Criminal law
28 March 2018
Criminal law
23 March 2018
Criminal law
23 March 2018
Court accepted a voluntary plea bargain and imposed five years for aggravated defilement of a six-year-old.
Criminal law – Plea bargaining – requirements for voluntariness and factual basis before receiving a guilty plea. Criminal law – Aggravated defilement – sentencing considerations: victim age, seriousness, regional prevalence, and statutory maximum
Sentencing – mitigation: first offender, remorse, plea discount, and credit for time spent on remand. Application of sentencing guidelines and reliance on appellate authorities in assessing agreed sentences
23 March 2018
Criminal law
23 March 2018
Criminal law
23 March 2018
Criminal law
9 March 2018
Criminal law
9 March 2018
Criminal law
9 March 2018
Criminal law
9 March 2018
Criminal law
9 March 2018
Criminal law
9 March 2018
Criminal law
9 March 2018
Criminal law
2 March 2018
No prima facie case: medical evidence discredited and identification hearsay, so accused acquitted of aggravated defilement.
Criminal law – Aggravated defilement – Prima facie proof; medical evidence credibility; hearsay and identification; person in authority; Trial on Indictments s.73; Evidence Act s.59.
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018
Criminal law
1 March 2018