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S v PISIRAYI 2016 (1) ZLR 585 (H)

2016 (1) ZLR p585

Citation

2016 (1) ZLR 585 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HB-121-16

Court

High Court, Bulawayo

Judge

Mathonsi and Makonese JJ

Heard

16 May 2016

Judgment

19 May 2016

Counsel

Applicant in person
S Ndlovu
, for the respondent

Case Type

Transfer for Sentence

Annotations

Flynote

Criminal procedure – review – powers of review court – referral of case by lower court to High Court for purposes of sentence – whether High Court can mero motu convert proceedings to review proceedings – High Court Act [Chapter 7:06], section 29.

Evidence – onus of proof – criminal cases – accused giving a reasonably possibly true explanation in defence – whether accused has onus to prove truth of explanation.

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