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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF TANZANIA AT MWANZA
(CORAM: LUBUVA, J.A., MROSO, J.A., And KAJI, J.A)
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 12 OF 2002
^ BETWEEN
SHABAN MPUNZU @ ELISHA MPUNZU APPELLANT
AND
THE REPUBLIC RESPONDENT
(Appeal from the conviction of the High Court of Tanzania at Tabora)
(Masanche, J.)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
LUBUVA, J.A.:
The appellant was arrested together with Herbert John, Faida Juma and Mohamed Mpunzu with whom he was jointly charged with
the murder of the deceased. At the conclusion of the trial, the other co-accused were acquitted.
Mr. Nasimire also submitted that the trail of blood did not lead to the house of the appellant. He said according to the evidence,
circumstantial evidence based on the items retrieved from the house of the appellant was not reliable, it was characterized by inconsistencies'. In the circumstances, Mr. Mbago said it was unsafe \to sustain the conviction against the appellant
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DATED at MWANZA this 28th day of June, 2004
D. Z. LUBUVA JUSTICE OF APPEAL
J. A. MROSO JUSTICE OF APPEAL
S. N. KAJI JUSTICE OF APPEAL
I certify that this is a true copy of the original
S. M. RUMANYIKA DEPUTY REGISTRAR
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