Mujuni Apollo v Uganda (Criminal Appeal No.46 of 2000) (Criminal Appeal 46 of 2000) [2003] UGSC 26 (2 May 2003)

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}{\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF UGANDA}{\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid6697955 \par }{\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 AT MENGO \par }\pard\plain \s17\ql \fi-1334\li1334\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1334\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par }\pard \s17\qc \li0\ri0\sb168\sl-269\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15008932 {\cs35\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 (CORAM: ODOKI, CJ, ODER, TSEKOOKO, KAROKORA AND}{\cs35\i\cf1\insrsid6697955 }{ \cs35\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 KANYEIHAMBA \par }\pard\plain \s18\qc \li0\ri0\sb168\sl-466\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. }{ \cs32\i\expnd6\expndtw30\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 4}{\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 6 OF 2000}{\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid6697955 \par }{\cs29\i\expnd32\expndtw160\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 BETWEEN \par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par }\pard \s16\qc \li0\ri0\sb62\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6697955 {\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 MUJUNI APOLLO: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : APPELLANT \par }\pard \s16\qc \li0\ri0\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6697955 {\cs29\i\expnd32\expndtw160\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 AND \par }\pard \s16\qc \li0\ri0\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\tx2837\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6697955 {\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 UGANDA:\tab }{\cs29\i\expnd16\expndtw80\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 :::}{ \cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 }{\cs29\i\expnd16\expndtw80\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 :::}{\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 }{\cs29\i\expnd16\expndtw80\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 :::}{ \cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 }{\cs29\i\expnd16\expndtw80\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 :::}{\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 : : : RESPONDENT \par }\pard\plain \s18\qc \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par \par }\pard \s18\qc \li0\ri0\sb96\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs29\i\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT \par }\pard\plain \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sb206\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 The appellant was convicted of defilement contrary}{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 to section 123(1) of the Penal Code Act. He and}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 one Ruhangailyo had been inducted together tried}{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 and convicted for defilement of the complainant.}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 They both appealed to the Court of Appeal which}{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid6697955 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 allowed Ruhangailyo's appeal. The Court of Appeal}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 dismissed the appellant's appeal and upheld his}{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 conviction and imprisonment of 14 years. \par }\pard \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par }\pard \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sb144\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9466828 {\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 He has now appealed to this Court on 2 grounds. 1}{\cs31\cf1\super\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 st}{ \cs31\cf1\super\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 that the learned Justices of Appeal erred in law}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 and in fact by finding }{ \cs31\expnd-6\expndtw-30\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 th}{\cs31\expnd-6\expndtw-30\cf1\insrsid9466828 at}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 there was ample}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 corroboration in the evidence of PW2 and PW3, and}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 2}{\cs31\cf1\super\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 nd}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 that the learned Justices of Appeal erred in la}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 w }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 and in fact when they failed to re-evaluate the}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 evidence on record and subsequently upheld the}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid6697955 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 decision of the learned trial judge.}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 The appeal was argued by Mr. Henry Kunya the}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid6697955 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 appellant's learned Counsel. \par }\pard \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par \par }\pard \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sb24\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 The thrust of his argument was that the learned}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 Justices of Appeal failed to comply with the}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 provisions of rule 29(1)(a) of the Court of Appeal}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 Rules, which enjoin the Court of Appeal to}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 reappraise the evidence. He criticized the Court}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 of Appeal for upholding the trial court's finding}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 that the evidence of PW2 and PW3 corroborated the}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid6697955 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 evidence of PWl (the complainant) that she was}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 defiled. \par }\pard \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par \par }\pard \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sb226\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 With respect, we are unable to agree with the}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 learned Counsel's submissions. We are satisfied}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 that the learned Justices of Appeal properly re-evaluated the evidence in the case as a whole and}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 reached their own conclusions that the complainant}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid6697955 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 was defiled by the appellant and that the evidence}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 of PW2 and PW3 corroborated the complainant's}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 evidence in material particulars. \par There is no set form of re-evaluation of evidence}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 by a first appellate court. The manner of re-}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 evaluation of evidence in each case varies}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 according to the peculiar facts and circumstances}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 of each case. \par }\pard\plain \s21\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par \par \par }\pard \s21\qj \li0\ri0\sb5\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9466828 {\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 In the instant case, we are satisfied that there}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{ \cs33\expnd2\expndtw10\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 was}{\cs33\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 ample evidence to support the Appellant's}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{ \cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 conviction and that Court of Appeal rightly upheld}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid6697955 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 the conviction. \par }\pard\plain \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par \par }\pard \s19\qj \li0\ri0\sl-456\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 In the circumstances, we see no merit in the}{\cs31\cf1\insrsid9466828 }{\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 appeal. \par }\pard\plain \s21\ql \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par \par }\pard \s21\ql \li0\ri0\sb144\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\cs31\cf1\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 In the result, it is dismissed. \par }\pard\plain \s22\qj \li0\ri0\sl-240\slmult0\widctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid15008932 \par \par \par }\pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6697955 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\i\insrsid15008932\charrsid6697955 Dated at Mengo}{\b\i\insrsid9466828\charrsid6697955 }{ \b\i\insrsid15008932\charrsid6697955 this 13th day of June, 2002. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9466828 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid9466828 \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9466828 {\insrsid15008932\charrsid9466828 B. J. ODOKI \par CHIEF JUSTICE \par \par A. H. O.}{\insrsid9466828 ODER}{\insrsid6697955 \par }{\insrsid15008932\charrsid9466828 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT \par }{\insrsid9466828 \par }{\insrsid15008932\charrsid9466828 J. W. TSEKOOKO }{\insrsid6697955 \par }{\insrsid15008932\charrsid9466828 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT \par \par N. KAROKORA \par JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT \par \par G. W. KANYEIHAMBA}{\insrsid6697955 \par }{\insrsid15008932\charrsid9466828 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT \par }}