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Mugabe v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 218 of 2015)

Citation: [2023] UGCA 274 Court: Court of Appeal Decided: 16 October 2023 Jurisdiction: Uganda
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Held that an offender's age at the time of the offence, not at sentencing, governs; ignoring the appellant's marginal adulthood made the sentence excessive.

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