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Sempiira v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 505 of 2014)

Citation: [2023] UGCA 204 Court: Court of Appeal Decided: 14 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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A sentence imposed without taking the remand period into account is illegal under Article 23(8); the 45-year defilement sentence was reduced to 26 years.

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