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Kazinda v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition No. 30 of 2014)

Citation: [2020] UGCC 11 Court: Constitutional Court Decided: 7 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Uganda
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Held that successively prosecuting an already-convicted accused for offences founded on the same facts contravenes the double-jeopardy and fair-hearing guarantees in Articles 28(9) and 28(1).

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