LANGTON GARANDE AND OBERT MAZERE vs THE STATE

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether complainants positively identified the applicants","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Assailants wore masks covering nose and mouth, two had hats, complainants ordered to bow down during robbery"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the trial court's findings on the alibi is competent at law","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Defence witness Shonhiwa placed 2nd applicant at home in morning, witness confirmed alibi"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the chisel was recovered from the motor vehicle","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Officer failed to comply with s58(1) requirements, no documentary evidence, chisel not entered in police books, chisel not produced in court"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether bail pending appeal should be granted","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Long sentence imposed, reasonable prospects of success on appeal, risk of abscondment"}

Background