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S v MAMBUDZI 2020 (1) ZLR 404 (H)

2020 (1) ZLR p404

Citation

2020 (1) ZLR 404 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-167-20

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Chitapi J

Heard

Details not supplied

Judgment

25 February 2020

Counsel

Details not supplied

Case Type

Criminal review

Annotations

Flynote

Criminal procedure – mental disorder – accused person at trial appearing to judge or magistrate to be "mentally disordered" or "intellectually handicapped" – requirement to enquire into accused person's mental state – procedure

Criminal procedure – mental disorder – special verdict – entered where accused proved to have committed offence charged but lacks mens rea due to mental disorder at time of committing actus reus – form of verdict

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