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Cherop v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 244 of 2024)

Citation: [2025] UGCA 98 Court: Court of Appeal Decided: 10 April 2025 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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Held that failure to deduct the remand period under Article 23(8) renders a sentence illegal; sentence set aside and substituted while the conviction stood.

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