Joackim John versus The Republic

Joackim John versus The Republic; Criminal Appeal No. 58 of 2014: Court of Appeal of Tanzania at Dodoma (Unreported).

  • Criminal Procedure.
  • Sentence – when an appellate court can interfere?

Held:-

An appellate court can only interfere with a sentence if it appears to it, after considering all the mitigating and aggravating factors, that the sentence is unreasonable in the circumstances.  What is reasonable would be a question of fact in each case.

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