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1985 — Volume 2

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EBRAHIM V CONTROLLER OF CUSTOMS & EXCISE
1985 (2) ZLR 1 (S)
S V ZVINOIRA
1985 (2) ZLR 9 (H)
ZENDERA V MCDADE & ANOR
1985 (2) ZLR 18 (H)
RB RANCHERS (PVT) LTD V ESTATE LATE MCLEAN & ANOR
1985 (2) ZLR 24 (H)
COMMERCIAL UNION FIRE, MARINE AND GENERAL INSURANCE CO LTD V FAWCETT SECURITY ORGANISATION BULAWAYO (PVT) LTD
1985 (2) ZLR 31 (S)
S V NDEBU & ANOR
1985 (2) ZLR 45 (S)
SUPIYA V MUTARE DISTRICT COUNCIL & ORS
1985 (2) ZLR 53 (H)
S V KURIMWI
1985 (2) ZLR 63 (S)
NCUBE & ANOR V WILEY & ANOR
1985 (2) ZLR 69 (H)
PARKER V PARKER & ORS
1985 (2) ZLR 79 (H)
S V MUTUME
1985 (2) ZLR 94 (H)
BARR V ATTORNEY-GENERAL
1985 (2) ZLR 97 (H)
S V DHLIWAYO & ANOR
1985 (2) ZLR 101 (S)
S V CHALUWA
1985 (2) ZLR 121 (S)
S V PAWENI & ANOR
1985 (2) ZLR 133 (S)
GRAIN MARKETING BOARD V BINGA GURU (PVT) LTD
1985 (2) ZLR 147 (H)
S V MUCHENJE
1985 (2) ZLR 154 (S)
J PAAR & CO (PVT) LTD V SHIELD OF ZIMBABWE INSURANCE CO LTD & ANOR
1985 (2) ZLR 160 (H)
S V MUPANDUKI
1985 (2) ZLR 169 (S)
BAECK V TINAGO
1985 (2) ZLR 177 (H)
HUGHES V LOTRIET
1985 (2) ZLR 179 (H)
GEORGIADIS & FLOREY BUILDING (PVT) LTD V BORROWDALE BUTCHERY (PVT) LTD
1985 (2) ZLR 188 (H)
S V JENKINS
1985 (2) ZLR 193 (S)
MADONDO V MKUSHI
1985 (2) ZLR 198 (S)
S V BENATAR
1985 (2) ZLR 205 (H)
S V MHARAPARA
1985 (2) ZLR 211 (S)
A V COMMISSIONER OF TAXES
1985 (2) ZLR 223 (H)
CHIBAYA V CHIBAYA
1985 (2) ZLR 237 (H)
MUZONDO V MUZONDO
1985 (2) ZLR 240 (S)
S V MATEKETA
1985 (2) ZLR 248 (S)
S V NDHLOVU & ORS
1985 (2) ZLR 261 (S)
MEMAN & ANOR V CONTROLLER OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
1985 (2) ZLR 270 (H)
NCUBE V NDHLOVU
1985 (2) ZLR 281 (S)
S V MLALA
1985 (2) ZLR 287 (H)
CITY OF HARARE V PARSONS
1985 (2) ZLR 293 (S)
NATIONAL FOOD DISTRIBUTORS V WELTMAN
1985 (2) ZLR 310 (H)
WOLFENDEN V JACKSON
1985 (2) ZLR 313 (S)
STAMBOLIE & ANOR V NYAMUTAMBA TRANSPORT (PVT) LTD
1985 (2) ZLR 320 (H)
S V MUCHIMIKWA
1985 (2) ZLR 328 (S)
AGERE V NYAMBUYA
1985 (2) ZLR 336 (S)
S V MAKAMBA
1985 (2) ZLR 341 (S)
DULY & COMPANY LTD V SHONGE
1985 (2) ZLR 351 (S)
MAY & ORS V RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE
1985 (2) ZLR 358 (S)
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S v MATEKETA 1985 (2) ZLR 248 (S)

Case details
Citation
1985 (2) ZLR 248 (S)
Case No
Details not supplied
Court
Supreme Court, Harare
Judge
Dumbutshena CJ and Beck and Gubbay JJA
Heard
11 October 1985
Judgment
1 November 1985
Counsel
R M Fitches for the appellant. F S Chambakare for the respondent.
Case Type
Criminal Appeal
Annotations
No case annotations to date

Flynote

Criminal procedure — sentence — murder — extenuating circumstances — failure by High Court to give reasons — approach to determination of issue — mitigating facts mentioned by accused — weight to be given to such where accused provides evidence on which he is convicted.

Headnote

Where the trial court fails to give adequate reasons for its finding on extenuation, the appellate court is at large. Where the court relies in convicting the accused on facts deposed by himself it cannot reject as improbable mitigating features alleged by him where these may reasonably be true.

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