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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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July 1998
Linus s/o Mapunda vs Republic (DC Criminal Appeal No. 51/1996) [1998] TZHC 2474 (13 July 1998)
Appellate court reduced a five-year theft sentence as excessive for a youthful first offender and ordered immediate release.
Criminal law – Sentence – Whether custodial sentence excessive – Youth and first-offender status – Employment relationship to complainant – Recovery of stolen goods – Appellate reduction of sentence to immediate release.
 13 July 1998
Mohamed Ajabu @ Wakijijini vs Republic (DC Criminal Appeal No. 26 of 1996) [1998] TZHC 2473 (10 July 1998)
Conviction for attempted shop breaking upheld, but sentence reduced due to sentencing misdirection about property value, resulting in immediate release.
Criminal law – Attempted breaking (s.296(1) Penal Code) – sufficiency of evidence to sustain conviction; sentencing – relevance of property value where no theft occurred; misdirection by magistrate; appellate reduction of sentence to effect immediate release.
 10 July 1998