Court of Appeal Zanzibar Registry - 2005

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Disemba 2005
Criminal law – existence of statutory offence – robbery vs. "armed robbery"; Criminal procedure – revisional jurisdiction in lieu of appeal where good and sufficient reason exists; s.285 Penal Act and s.286(2) – punishment enhancement not creation of new offence; s.162(3) Criminal Procedure Act – inapplicable absent a law creating the named offence; s.150(1) bail prohibition inapplicable to non-existent offence.
13 Disemba 2005

(From the Decision of the High Court of Zanzibar at Zanzibar, Mbarouk, J., dated 13 June 2005, in Criminal Appeal number 24 of 2004) Evidence - Witness — Expert witness — Whether the opinion of an expert witness can override credible and trustworthy evidence of an eye witness. Evidence - Medical evidence - Adverse medical evidence — Whether conclusive as against the evidence of a credible eye witness.

8 Disemba 2005