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Omiat Joseph v Uganda [2002] UGSC 33

Citation: [2002] UGSC 33 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 11 December 2002 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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A retracted confession not read back to the accused, plus a missing trial-within-a-trial record, rendered the murder conviction unsafe and it was quashed.

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