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Court upheld identification, found two accused guilty of murder with direct intent; others convicted as accomplices and heavily sentenced.
Criminal law – identification evidence – credibility and opportunity to observe; alibi – burden to disprove beyond reasonable doubt; dolus directus versus dolus eventualis; extenuating (mitigating) circumstances – subjective factors (factional violence, perceived police bias, poverty, illiteracy) assessed but insufficient to avoid death for principal shooters; sentencing – death imposed on principal killers, lengthy imprisonment for accomplices.
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24 October 1983 |