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2010 at the High Court of Tanzania at Mwanza. On 8 December 2010, the High
Court of Tanzania at Mwanza, dismissed the appeal.
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On 21 December 2010, the Applicant filed an appeal which was subsequenfly
registered as Criminal Appeal No. 102 ol2011at the Court of Appeal of Tanzania
at Mwanza. On 29 July 2013, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and
upheld his conviction and sentence. On 13 September 2013, the Applicant filed
CriminalApplication No. 16of 2013forReviewof theCourtof Appeal'sjudgment
of 29 July 2013. This Application for review was pending at the time of filing of
the Application.
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The Applicant filed the present Application on 5 December 2015
B. Alleged violations
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The Applicant alleges that the Respondent State has violated his rights under
Article 2 of the charter on the right to non-discrimination and Article 3 on the right
to equality before the law and to equal protection of the law. He alleges that these
violations occurred when the Court of Appeal:
Disregarded the fundamental evidence tendered by the prosecution
relating to his identification at the scene of the incident and the cautioned
statement that he made.
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Upheld his conviction and sentence without altering the offence he was
charged with, from armed robbery to theft, and that it consequenfly ought
to have changed his sentence and considered the Applicant's mitigation
and plea for his lenlency.
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Delivered
a
judgment that was contrary
to the laws of
Tanzania
especially the Criminal Procedure Act.
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The Applicant alleges that the violation of his rights should be remedied
to Article 27(1) of the Protocol and Rule 34(5) of the Rules
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