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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.

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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004

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Citation	Judgment date
September 1983
Abdallah Maunga and Another vs Republic (Criminal Sessions Case No. 4 of 1982) [1983] TZHC 527 (19 September 1983) Insanity defence rejected where accused’s actions showed understanding and concealment; convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Criminal law – murder; insanity defence – statutory test (disease of mind; inability to understand act; inability to know wrongfulness) – psychiatric evidence and weight – self-induced intoxication not a defence to premeditated killing; admissibility/weight of accused’s disclosures to psychiatrist.	19 September 1983
Republic vs Josephat Labya (Criminal Sessions Case No. 67 OF 1982) [1983] TZHC 522 (7 September 1983) Eyewitness identification and brutality of attack proved murder; accused convicted and sentenced to death. Criminal law – Murder; eyewitness identification; post-mortem evidence; intention to kill; lack of motive not fatal where identity proved; sentence of death.	7 September 1983
Marco Kipala vs Mohamedi S. (PC Civil Appeal No 28 of 1983) [1983] TZHC 370 (3 September 1983)	3 September 1983
March 1983
Republic vs Rajabu Nkungu (Criminal Sessions Case No. 46 of 1982) [1983] TZHC 439 (9 March 1983) Circumstantial evidence, alibi rejection, and failure of drunkenness/provocation defences supported conviction for murder. Criminal law – Murder – circumstantial evidence – alibi credibility – voluntary drunkenness – provocation – specific intent – possession/identification of accused's property at scene.	9 March 1983
February 1983
Republic vs Juma Abdallahaman (No Case Number) [1983] TZHC 645 (12 February 1983)	12 February 1983

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