THE STATE v POWELL 1981 ZLR 508 (S)
Citation | 1981 ZLR 508 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Salisbury |
Judge | Lewis, JP, Baron, JA, and Georges, JA |
Heard | 16th September, 1981 |
Judgment | 16th September, 1981 |
Counsel | M T O'Meara for the appellant. |
Case Type | Criminal Appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Criminal law — Road Traffic Act, 1976 (No. 48 of 1976) — section 61 (1) (a) — failing to stop after an accident — driver not realizing until some time later that he had been involved in an accident at all — duties under section arise with such realization — failure then to carry out duties promptly — effect on sentence — negligence driving and contravening section 61 (1) (a) — whether appropriate to treat as one for sentence.
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