Citation | 1996 (1) ZLR 309 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. HH-29-96 |
Court | High Court, Harare |
Judge | Smith J |
Heard | 20 March 1996 |
Judgment | 20 March 1996 |
Counsel | Details not supplied |
Case Type | Criminal review |
Annotations | No case annotations to date |
Flynote
Criminal procedure (sentence) — jurisdiction — magistrates court — sentence of imprisonment imposed as alternative to payment of fine — whether affects magistrate's jurisdiction in respect of sentence of imprisonment simpliciter
Magistrates court — jurisdiction — criminal case — sentence of imprisonment imposed as alternative to payment of fine — additional sentence of imprisonment without option of fine — latter sentence at upper limit of magistrate's sentencing jurisdiction — magistrate's power to impose sentence of imprisonment as alternative to fine not affected
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