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Emmanuel Nsubuga v Uganda (CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 16 88)

Citation: [1990] UGSC 44 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 26 October 1990 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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Held that unreliable visual identification, with material discrepancies and no identification parade, cannot ground a robbery conviction; conviction quashed.

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