Supreme Court · 18 December 1980

Tepula v People (S.C.Z. Judgment 32 of 1980) [1980] ZMSC 34 (18 December 1980)

Whether a trial court must exercise discretion before refusing the applicant's request to withdraw a guilty plea. Flynote Criminal procedure — Plea retraction — A trial judge may permit withdrawal of a guilty plea before sentence but only on good and sufficient grounds; court should ask accused his reasons; failure to exercise discretion is a serious misdirection; conviction quashed and retrial ordered Read full summary

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