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Befeho v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 15 of 2017)

Citation: [2021] UGSC 7 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 1 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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Held that Rwabugande's rule on arithmetic deduction of remand time is not retrospective, so the pre-2017 sentence was lawful; appeal dismissed.

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