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
1 judgment

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Judgment date
November 2011
Deceased’s spontaneous declarations and witnesses’ evidence established accused’s guilt; alibi rejected; convicted and sentenced to death.
Criminal law – murder – cause of death from multiple panga wounds – deceased’s spontaneous declarations as identification evidence – no need for corroboration where victim and accused were well known to each other – alibi disbelieved; disappearance as guilty consciousness.
18 November 2011