S v NANGANI 1982 (1) ZLR 150 (S)
Citation | 1982 (1) ZLR 150 (S) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Salisbury |
Judge | Fieldsend, CJ, Baron, JA, and Georges, JA |
Heard | 25th March, 1982 |
Judgment | 18th May, 1982 |
Counsel | M J Gillespie, for the appellant. |
Case Type | Details not supplied |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Criminal procedure — charge of murder — plea of guilty — Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 59] — section 255 (1) — nature of evidence that must be led — essential to establish mend element — not enough to lead evidence aliunde of commission of offence — desirability of adhering to practice of recording plea of not guilty criminal law murder — provocation as a defence to murder — intent to kill — possible to convict of culpable homicide even if provocation produces miens to kill — adultery as provocation — not limited to legal unions — factual, not formal, nature of liaison must be considered — undesirability of charging other offences at the same time as murder if not arising out of one course of conduct.
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