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S v SHONIWA 1987 (1) ZLR 215 (S)

1987 (1) ZLR p215

Citation

1987 (1) ZLR 215 (S)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Dumbutshena CJ, Gubbay and Manyarara JJA

Heard

6 July 1987

Judgment

4 August 1987

Counsel

Miss S Ahmed (pro deo) for the appellant
AV K Chikumira for the respondent

Case Type

Criminal appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Evidence — murder — body of deceased not found — when conviction may be based on circumstantial evidence.

Evidence — confession — confirming evidence for purpose of s 255B of Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 59] — nature of evidence required.

Sentence — previous cases — relevance — appropriate sentence for infanticide.

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