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Bakubye & Anor v Uganda (Civil Appeal 56 of 2015)

Citation: [2018] UGSC 5 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 17 January 2018 Jurisdiction: Uganda
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Held that determinate sentences above 20 years for capital offences are lawful, and a clerk reading the judge's summing-up notes causes no miscarriage of justice.

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