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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
June 1995
Matthew s/o Chalamila vs United Republic (DC. HC Criminal Case No. 72 of 1993) [1995] TZHC 1155 (9 June 1995) Convictions quashed where unreliable visual identification and unrefuted alibi left reasonable doubt. Criminal law – Visual identification evidence – Inherent unreliability and requirement for cautionary warning; Failure to give warning may quash conviction; Burden on prosecution to disprove alibi; Circumstantial evidence and reasonable doubt; Sentencing and corporal punishment set aside.	9 June 1995

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June 1995

Matthew s/o Chalamila vs United Republic (DC. HC Criminal Case No. 72 of 1993) [1995] TZHC 1155 (9 June 1995)

Convictions quashed where unreliable visual identification and unrefuted alibi left reasonable doubt.

Criminal law – Visual identification evidence – Inherent unreliability and requirement for cautionary warning; Failure to give warning may quash conviction; Burden on prosecution to disprove alibi; Circumstantial evidence and reasonable doubt; Sentencing and corporal punishment set aside.

9 June 1995