Abasi Kanyike v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 34 of 1989)
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Facts admitted under s.64 of the Trial on Indictments Decree cannot be challenged in the defence; ambiguous pleas rendered the convictions unsafe and a retrial was ordered.
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