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Nsubuga v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 16 of 1988)

Citation: [1990] UGSC 20 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 26 October 1990 Jurisdiction: Uganda
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Robbery convictions and death sentence quashed where contradictory identification evidence, an unheld identification parade, and weak circumstantial evidence made the conviction unsafe.

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