Supreme Court · 8 January 1979

Wakilaba v People (S.C.Z. Judgment 4 of 1979) [1979] ZMSC 4 (8 January 1979)

Court must inquire into voluntariness of confessions and hold a trial within a trial if voluntariness is contested. Flynote Evidence — Confession statements — Duty of court to inquire whether defence objects — Voluntariness must be determined by a trial within a trial — Trial within a trial mandatory even if issue raised after close of prosecution — Admissibility condition precedent Read full summary

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