ATTORNEY-GENERAL v HOWMAN 1988 (2) ZLR 402 (SC)
Citation | 1988 (2) ZLR 402 (SC) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Dumbutshena CJ, Gubbay JA & McNally JA |
Heard | 24 November 1988 |
Judgment | 5 December 1988 |
Counsel | A O Agyemang for the applicant |
Case Type | Application for leave to appeal on a point of law |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Criminal law — culpable homicide — child being pursued by accused, running into dam and drowning — accused failing to render assistance — whether liable.
Criminal procedure — acquittal at end of State case — Attorney-General's right of appeal — limited to appeal on question of law, without affecting finality of case — s 69(a) of Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 18] and s 44(6) of High Court of Zimbabwe Act 1981 — effect of — reservation of question of law for consideration of Supreme Court — question arising "on the trial" — meaning of — decision by trial judge not to reserve question of law — whether appealable — when question of law may be reserved.
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