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Bagaga Peter v Uganda [2004] UGSC 15

Citation: [2004] UGSC 15 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 18 May 2004 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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Held that a confession is voluntary where post-arrest beating is unconnected to it, and circumstantial evidence corroborating it justifies a murder conviction.

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