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S v MUTERO v & ORS 2014 (2) ZLR 139 (H)

2014 (2) ZLR p139

Citation

2014 (2) ZLR 139 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-424-14

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Uchena J

Heard

30 June 2014; CAV

Judgment

28 July 2014

Counsel

No counsel supplied

Case Type

Criminal review

Annotations

No case annotations to date

Flynote

Criminal procedure – record – what record must show – plea of guilty – explanation of charge and elements and accused's replies thereto – need to record fully what is said – verdict – failure to give reasons for verdict – a fatal irregularity – sentence – failure to give reasons for – not necessarily a fatal irregularity

Criminal procedure – review – purpose of – High Court's constitutional duty to supervise lower courts – need for review matters to be dealt with expeditiously

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