Supreme Court of Zambia - 1981 October

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Citation	Judgment date
October 1981
Mwanza v People (S.C.Z. Judgment 22 of 1981) [1981] ZMSC 161 (19 October 1981) Conviction unsafe where prosecution failed to establish chain of custody for fingerprint evidence sent by registered mail. Evidence – Fingerprint identification – Chain of custody – Registered mail – Necessity to prove registered number, date and identifying marks of postal packet – Requirement to identify specific exhibit lifted from scene.	19 October 1981
Kabala & Another v People (S.C.Z. Judgment 19 of 1981) [1981] ZMSC 14 (7 October 1981) Whether identification parade fairness, firearms identification, and disproving alibi suffice to support conviction. Criminal law — Identification parades: fairness requirements where suspects have visible injuries or differing heights; firearms identification parades not mandatory but preferable in proper cases; prosecution's duty to disprove alibi; unexplained recent possession and odd coincidences may corroborate identification.	7 October 1981
Musakanya v Attorney-General (S.C.Z. Judgment 18 of 1981) [1981] ZMSC 15 (7 October 1981) Whether administrative detention for public security is governed by Article 27(1) (not Article 15(3)(b)) and requires comprehensive alibi evidence. Constitutional law – administrative detention under Preservation of Public Security Regulations – applicability of Art.15(3)(b) v. Art.27(1); sufficiency of grounds for detention; alibi must cover entire period alleged	7 October 1981