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Atyam Patrick and Anor v Uganda [2002] UGSC 30

Supreme Court · 2002 Appeal Dismissed ✦ AI-generated summary ↓ Download
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Second criminal appeal from the Court of Appeal, which had dismissed the appellants' appeal against their High Court conviction for murder
Decision
Appeal dismissed; conviction for murder upheld

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Holding

The appellants were convicted of murder by the High Court, and their appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed. On a second appeal to the Supreme Court, the sole ground was that the key eyewitness (P.W.1) could not have identified the attackers. The Supreme Court, having studied the record, held that there was sufficient evidence to show that P.W.1 was in a position to positively identify both the attackers and the deceased. Finding no merit in the appeal, the court dismissed it, leaving the conviction and sentence undisturbed.

Facts

The appellants were tried in the High Court for the murder of one Omara and convicted. A key prosecution witness, Ebong Moses (P.W.1), gave evidence identifying the attackers of the deceased. The appellants' appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed, and they appealed to the Supreme Court on the single ground that P.W.1 could not have identified the attackers.

Issues

  1. Whether the key witness (P.W.1, Ebong Moses) was in a position to positively identify the attackers of the deceased.

Orders

  • Appeal dismissed.

Key headnotes

Criminal Evidence — Identification — Sufficiency of eyewitness identification of attackers
Where the record discloses that an eyewitness was in a position to positively identify the attackers, a conviction founded on that identification will not be disturbed on appeal.
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