Criminal Procedure Notes By Mshana (2025)

The other students panicked. They flipped through their printed statutes, looking for suspicious behavior .

She wrote: “Objection. The arrest was unlawful under Section 26 because ‘behaving suspiciously’ is a conclusion, not a fact. No reasonable officer could articulate a specific offence in progress. Therefore, the search was incidental to an unlawful arrest, and the screwdriver is fruit of the poisonous tree. Without the screwdriver, the prosecution has no case. Daudi walks.” She added a final flourish: “See: Mshana’s Notes, Vol. II, p. 14—‘A policeman’s hunch is not a warrant.’” criminal procedure notes by mshana

Three weeks later, grades were posted.

She turned to the last page.