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Duke Mabaya Gwaka v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 59 of 2015)

Citation: [2018] UGSC 8 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 21 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Uganda
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Murder conviction and 45-year sentence upheld; an appellate court may substitute a conviction on re-evaluated evidence without a cross-appeal, occasioning no miscarriage of justice.

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