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Oryem v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 22 of 2004)

Citation: [2010] UGSC 42 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 27 January 2010 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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Conviction quashed where a stranger witness identified the accused without an identification parade and the corroborating circumstantial evidence was itself unsupported.

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