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13 April 2010

• 15:5715:57, 13 April 2010 diff hist +55‎ Zimbabwe ‎No edit summary
• 15:5515:55, 13 April 2010 diff hist +42‎ N Rules of Evidence ‎ moved Rules of Evidence to Rules of Evidence (Zimbabwe) current
• 15:5515:55, 13 April 2010 diff hist 0‎ m Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Rules of Evidence ‎ moved Rules of Evidence to Rules of Evidence (Zimbabwe)
• 15:5415:54, 13 April 2010 diff hist +44‎ N Preparing for Trial ‎ moved Preparing for Trial to Preparing for Trial (Zimbabwe) current
• 15:5415:54, 13 April 2010 diff hist 0‎ m Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Preparing for Trial ‎ moved Preparing for Trial to Preparing for Trial (Zimbabwe)
• 15:5415:54, 13 April 2010 diff hist +47‎ N Jurisdiction of Courts ‎ moved Jurisdiction of Courts to Jurisdiction of Courts (Zimbabwe) current
• 15:5415:54, 13 April 2010 diff hist 0‎ m Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Jurisdiction of Courts ‎ moved Jurisdiction of Courts to Jurisdiction of Courts (Zimbabwe)
• 15:5315:53, 13 April 2010 diff hist +42‎ N Pre-Trial Matters ‎ moved Pre-Trial Matters to Pre-Trial Matters (Zimbabwe) current
• 15:5315:53, 13 April 2010 diff hist 0‎ m Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Pre-Trial Matters ‎ moved Pre-Trial Matters to Pre-Trial Matters (Zimbabwe)
• 15:5215:52, 13 April 2010 diff hist +67‎ N Defense Lawyer's Role and Responsibilities ‎ moved Defense Lawyer's Role and Responsibilities to Defense Lawyer's Role and Responsibilities (Zimbabwe) current
• 15:5215:52, 13 April 2010 diff hist 0‎ m Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Defense Lawyer's Role and Responsibilities ‎ moved Defense Lawyer's Role and Responsibilities to Defense Lawyer's Role and Responsibilities (Zimbabwe)
• 15:5115:51, 13 April 2010 diff hist +66‎ Zimbabwe ‎No edit summary
• 15:4915:49, 13 April 2010 diff hist +37‎ N Introduction ‎ moved Introduction to Introduction (Zimbabwe) current
• 15:4915:49, 13 April 2010 diff hist 0‎ m Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Introduction ‎ moved Introduction to Introduction (Zimbabwe)
• 15:4815:48, 13 April 2010 diff hist +11‎ Zimbabwe ‎No edit summary
• 15:1015:10, 13 April 2010 diff hist −10‎ Zimbabwe ‎No edit summary
• 15:0915:09, 13 April 2010 diff hist +10‎ Zimbabwe ‎No edit summary
• 14:1614:16, 13 April 2010 diff hist +1,251‎ N Retrieval of bail after acquittal (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'If the accused is acquitted, he is entitled to recover the bail which he paid to ensure that he stood trial on that charge. The Attorney General may not use review proceedings �'
• 14:1514:15, 13 April 2010 diff hist +1,152‎ N Subsequent facts establishing innocence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'Occasionally, after the accused has been convicted but before sentence is imposed, evidence comes to light which proves conclusively that he did not commit the offence, such as t�'
• 14:1514:15, 13 April 2010 diff hist +2,813‎ N Change of Plea after verdict but before Sentence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'Where an accused applies to withdraw a plea of guilty after he has been convicted but before sentence is passed there is no longer a presumption of innocence. The onus is on the �'
• 14:1414:14, 13 April 2010 diff hist +2,402‎ N Alteration of judgment (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'Section 201(2) CPEA provides that if by mistake a wrong judgment was delivered, the judgment may be altered before or immediately after it is recorded. Not every mistake can be c�'
• 14:1414:14, 13 April 2010 diff hist +131‎ N Public announcement of judgment (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'In terms of s 334(1) CPEA all judgments in criminal proceedings against persons aged 18 or above shall be pronounced in open court.'
• 14:1314:13, 13 April 2010 diff hist +2,872‎ N Failure to give reasons for judgment (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'Unless reasons are given for a judgment it is impossible to determine how the ultimate conclusion was reached and whether it was reached on a proper reasoned basis. Merely to sta�'
• 14:1214:12, 13 April 2010 diff hist +512‎ N Conviction of other charge without amendment of charge (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'A court cannot convict a person of a charge other than that with which she was charged without the charge first being amended. In Moyo 1994 (2) ZLR 24 (H) X had been charged with�'
• 14:0914:09, 13 April 2010 diff hist +1,785‎ N Competent Verdicts (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter XV deals with the issue of permissible verdicts (i.e. competent verdicts). A person charged with a crime may be found guilty i�'
• 14:0914:09, 13 April 2010 diff hist +1,678‎ N Verdicts (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'The court will acquit X if it decides that he or she is not guilty. If X is charged in the alternative, the court may acquit X on the main charge but find X guilty on the alter�'
• 14:0814:08, 13 April 2010 diff hist +351‎ N Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Verdict ‎ Created page with '* Verdicts * Competent Verdicts * Conviction of other charge without amendment of charge * Failure to give reasons for judgment * [[Public announcement of judgmen�'
• 14:0314:03, 13 April 2010 diff hist +126‎ Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Criminal Law Code ‎No edit summary
• 14:0014:00, 13 April 2010 diff hist +6,268‎ N Zimbabwe Criminal Defense Manual - Criminal Law Code ‎ Created page with 'The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act brings together in one single statute all the major aspects of the Criminal Law. It codifies all the major aspects of the common la�'
• 13:5713:57, 13 April 2010 diff hist +3,656‎ N Pre-conviction disclosure of previous convictions of accused and bad character (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'Normally it is totally impermissible for the State to prove the previous convictions of the accused before he has been convicted of the offence with which he is being charged. Th�'
• 13:5513:55, 13 April 2010 diff hist +858‎ N Incompetent witnesses (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'Certain witnesses are not competent to give evidence according to the rules of evidence. For example, under s 246 CPE, "no person appearing or proved to be afflicted with a men�'
• 13:5313:53, 13 April 2010 diff hist +1,482‎ N Previous consistent statements to police (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'A statement made by a State witness in a criminal case to the police, whether as an affidavit or otherwise, is not normally admissible in evidence unless he departs from it in a �'
• 13:5313:53, 13 April 2010 diff hist −1‎ Previous inconsistent statements by State witnesses (Zimbabwe) ‎No edit summary
• 13:5213:52, 13 April 2010 diff hist +5,743‎ N Previous inconsistent statements by State witnesses (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with ' == Hostile witness == A State witness may have made a statement to the police which was against the accused. However, when the case gets to court, because of his relationship t�'
• 13:4713:47, 13 April 2010 diff hist +2,247‎ N Drawing adverse inferences from accused's silence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with ' == Adverse inferences == In terms of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act the court may draw certain adverse inferences from the accused's silence at different stages. On th�'
• 13:4613:46, 13 April 2010 diff hist +1,465‎ N Hearsay evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'Hearsay evidence is testimony not of what the witness himself saw, heard or otherwise observed, but what he heard others say about the matter under investigation. The general rul�'
• 13:4513:45, 13 April 2010 diff hist +1,453‎ N Circumstantial evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'In the Commonwealth Magistrates Book this advice is to be found on circumstantial evidence: Means, motive and opportunity are all examples of what is called circumstantial evide�'
• 13:4413:44, 13 April 2010 diff hist +1,537‎ N Handwriting evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'There is provision for handwriting evidence to be given in terms of s 246 CPE. A non-expert may identify handwriting familiar to him, but when two samples of handwriting are not �'
• 13:4413:44, 13 April 2010 diff hist −3‎ Identification evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎No edit summary
• 13:4213:42, 13 April 2010 diff hist +7‎ Identification evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎No edit summary
• 13:4113:41, 13 April 2010 diff hist +18,699‎ N Identification evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with ' == Visual identification of persons == Human observation is very fallible and experience has shown that genuine errors can easily be made by witnesses who have identified culpr�'
• 13:3513:35, 13 April 2010 diff hist +410‎ N Expert evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'In order for a person to give expert evidence his special expertise must first be established. His professional qualifications and experience must be established: Makuni HH-75-84�'
• 13:3513:35, 13 April 2010 diff hist +5,223‎ N Similar fact evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with ' == General rule == Similar fact evidence is evidence of similar acts done previously by the accused. Similar fact evidence is not admissible if its only relevance is to show th�'
• 13:3413:34, 13 April 2010 diff hist +889‎ N Lies by accused corroborating State case (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with 'The person you are defending may have told lies to the police during investigations. Under cross-examination by the prosecutor he may relate a story which is obviously false. The�'
• 13:3313:33, 13 April 2010 diff hist −8‎ Accomplice evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎No edit summary
• 13:3113:31, 13 April 2010 diff hist +55‎ Accomplice evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎No edit summary
• 13:2813:28, 13 April 2010 diff hist +15,160‎ N Accomplice evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with ' == Approach of courts == For a number of very cogent reasons the courts approach accomplice evidence with considerable caution. What are accomplices? An accomplice is a person�'
• 13:2613:26, 13 April 2010 diff hist +4,823‎ N Evidence from children (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with ' == Approach of courts == Children often have vivid imaginations and have a tendency to fantasize. They may believe their fantasies and relate them as reality because they belie�'
• 13:2513:25, 13 April 2010 diff hist +4,430‎ N Complainant evidence in sexual cases (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with ' == Approach of courts == In rape and other cases of a sexual nature, such as aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and sexual relations with a person under the age of 1�'
• 13:2413:24, 13 April 2010 diff hist +8,838‎ N Single witness evidence (Zimbabwe) ‎ Created page with ' == Approach of courts == Where there is only a single witness to the crime certain special evidential rules apply. A single witness may or may not also be a "suspect witness".�'