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Ssegujja v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 283 of 2016)

Citation: [2024] UGCA 178 Court: Court of Appeal Decided: 16 July 2024 Jurisdiction: Uganda

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Court reduced a 40-year aggravated defilement sentence to 27 years (less remand) as manifestly excessive; the Rwabugande arithmetic remand-deduction rule does not apply retrospectively.

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