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2 judgments
September 1975
Chansa v The People [1975] ZMSC 2 (16 September 1975)
Failure to produce ballistic test material made the expert's opinion inadmissible, prompting quashing of conviction and ordering a retrial.
  • Evidence — Expert opinion; ballistics — Where photographs/test material exist they must be produced; failure to produce renders expert's opinion unsafe
16 September 1975
Toko v The People (66 of 1975) [1975] ZMSC 1 (10 September 1975)
Identification must be fair; omission to specify aggravation (use of knife) is curable absent prejudice.
  • Criminal law — Identification parades must be proper, fair and independent — improper conduct may nullify identification; Confession — voluntariness and effect of alleged starvation and recording discrepancies; Aggravated robbery — failure to specify nature of aggravation is curable unless prejudicial
10 September 1975