Said Chitembwe Beta

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Activity

Published decisions from 2008 to 2026; busiest year 2013 (227 decisions).

Documented outcomes by case type

• Criminal Appeal: Appeal Dismissed (46); Appeal dismissed (33); Appeal allowed, appellant set at liberty (17); Appeal Disallowed (16)
• Civil Appeal: Appeal dismissed (43); Appeal allowed (20); Affirmed (6)
• Miscellaneous Criminal Application: Application dismissed (16)
• Criminal: Acquitted (12); Guilty (7)
• Civil: Application dismissed (10); Application granted (7); Dismissed (6); Appeal dismissed (5)

Counts are per published decision as classified by AI; not comparable across courts or years.

Most-cited legislation

• Penal Code (126)
• Criminal Procedure Code (38)
• Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (31)
• Civil Procedure Act (21)
• Law of Succession Act (14)
• Evidence Act (14)
• Sexual Offences Act No.3 of 2006 (13)
• Sexual Offences Act (12)

Documented reasoning patterns

• Most common procedural postures: Appeal from conviction and sentence (39), Appeal from a conviction and sentence (38), Appeal from the original trial outcome (35)
• [Criminal Appeal] outcomes — Appeal Dismissed: 44/178, Appeal dismissed: 22/178, Appeal allowed, appellant set at liberty: 16/178, Appeal Disallowed: 16/178
• [Miscellaneous Criminal Application] outcomes — Application dismissed: 15/33, Appeal Dismissed: 1/33, Application dismissed. High Court Criminal Case No. 47 of 2006 shall proceed for hearing. The Petitioner is at liberty to claim compensation from the Attorney General on behalf of the Police who infringed the Petitioner’s rights.: 1/33, Applicant's charges proceed for hearing: 1/33
• [Miscellaneous Criminal Case] outcomes — Application dismissed: 1/1
• [Succession] outcomes — Application dismissed: 6/100, Appeal dismissed: 4/100, Application granted: 3/100, Granted: 2/100
• [Criminal] outcomes — Acquitted: 11/89, Guilty: 6/89, The accused is set at liberty.: 4/89, Not guilty: 4/89

Writing characteristics

• Median judgment length ~7654 words
• Includes panel decisions

Remedy patterns

• None (5)
• Declaration of ownership (5)
• Stay of execution pending appeal (4)
• None specified (2)
• Compensation from the Attorney General on behalf of the Police who infringed the Petitioner’s rights. (2)

Citation patterns

• Avg cited authorities/decision: 0.3
• Frequently applied statutes: Penal Code (113), Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 (29), Criminal Procedure Code (24), Civil Procedure Act (12), Sexual Offences Act No.3 of 2006 (12)