Frank Buyanga Sadiqi v The State

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the magistrate had jurisdiction to cancel a warrant of arrest she had issued 2.5 years earlier","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Magistrate became functus officio after issuing warrant"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the default enquiry was properly before the magistrate","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Written application not provided for in criminal procedure"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether it was procedurally regular to conduct proceedings in Buyanga's absence","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Default enquiry requires presence of accused"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the magistrate could ignore superior court decisions declaring Buyanga a fugitive","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Constitutional and Supreme Court declarations"}

Background