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December 1967
Musole v People [1967] ZMCA 2 (18 December 1967)
Voluntary intoxication cannot make a drunken mistaken belief reasonable nor broaden provocation to reduce murder to manslaughter.
  • Criminal law — Intoxication (s.14) — its role in proving intent; Provocation (ss.182–183) — objective ordinary-person test, suddenness and proportionality; Mistake (s.11) — honest and reasonable belief; voluntary intoxication cannot broaden provocation or render a drunken mistake reasonable.
18 December 1967
Katundu v People (CAZ 8 181 of 1967) [1967] ZMCA 5 (12 December 1967)
Court clarifies burdens and standards for insanity/intoxication defences under Penal Code ss.13–14; appeal dismissed.
  • Criminal law — Insanity and intoxication defences — Burden and standards of proof under Penal Code ss.13 and 14 — Court’s duty to consider evidence of intoxication — Intoxication may negate knowledge or intent.
12 December 1967