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Sowedi Serinyina v Uganda [2020] UGSC 6

Citation: [2020] UGSC 6 Court: Supreme Court Decided: 8 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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Held that a co-accused's confession, though the weakest evidence, can sustain a conviction where corroborated by independent evidence such as the recovered weapon.

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