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High Court of Tanzania

This is the second level in the Judiciary justice delivery hierarchy. It has both appellate and original powers on civil and criminal matters. It also hears appeals from the Courts of Resident Magistrate, the District Courts, and the District Land and Housing Tribunals in exercise of their original, appellate and/or revisional jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into Zones and specialized Divisions. 

Physical address
24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
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September 1987
Sangari Mohamed vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No. 144 of 1984) [1987] TZHC 747 (9 September 1987)
Appeal dismissed: convictions for burglary and theft upheld based on reliable identification and recovery of stolen property.
  • Criminal law — alibi — Prison records disproving alibi
  • Criminal law — Burglary — Identification evidence
    • — mistaken identity not a real possibility
    • — Witnesses who knew accused
  • Criminal law — sentencing
    • — concurrent sentences
    • — Minimum statutory sentence
  • Criminal law — Stolen property — Identification by distinctive mark and prompt disposal by accused supporting link to burglary
9 September 1987