S v Mtewtwa
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s-v-mtewtwa-298-17567675
title:
S v Mtewtwa
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S v Mtewtwa is an important case in South African criminal law, dealing with the defence of compulsion. The accused, in custody, was threatened by a warder with solitary confinement unless he committed a criminal act. The court considered what State must prove in such circumstances in order to obtain a conviction. The court held that, where an accused's defence is one of compulsion, the onus lies on the State to show that a reasonable man would have resisted the compulsion. There is no onus on t
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South African legal case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_v_Mtewtwa
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2022-04-27T07:40:40Z
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