S v MUKANDI & ORS 2014 (2) ZLR 422 (CC)

2014 (2) ZLR p422

Citation	2014 (2) ZLR 422 (CC)
Case No	Judgment No. CC-9-14
Court	Constitutional Court, Harare
Judge	Malaba DCJ, Ziyambi JA, Gwaunza JA, Garwe JA, Gowora JA, Hlatshwayo JA, Patel JA, Guvava JA & Chiweshe AJA
Heard	18 September 2013; CAV
Judgment	25 September 2014
Counsel	Mrs J B Wood, for the first, second and third applicants T R Nyanyiwa, for the fourth applicant Mrs S Fero, for the respondent
Case Type	Constitutional reference
Annotations	No case annotations to date

Flynote

Constitutional law – Constitution of Zimbabwe 1980 – Declaration of Rights – right to fair trial within a reasonable period of time (s 18(2)) – long delay before person brought to trial – onus on person to show delay unreasonable – court must also have regard to society's interest in seeing trial brought to a conclusion

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