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THE STATE v JACOB 1981 ZLR 1 (A)

1981 ZLR p1

Citation

1981 ZLR 1 (A)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Appellate Division, Salisbury

Judge

Fieldsend CJ, Lewis JP and Squires AJA

Heard

13th January, 1981

Judgment

13th January, 1981

Counsel

J B Colegrave for the respondent, cited R v Mharadzo (supra);

Case Type

Criminal Appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Evidence — accused giving false evidence which is disbelieved by court — whether entitled to benefit of speculative doubts as to mitigating points.

Sentence — murder — assessment of extenuating circumstances — approaches to — whether finding of constructive intent is extenuating circumstance.

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