CRIMINAL LAW AND PRACTICE – ARRAIGNMENT – Taking of plea – Whether taking of plea of the defendant in block vitiates the proceeding – Need to be treated as a mere irregularity

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 “It is settled that that while the proper procedure required by law is that a Defendant enters a separate plea to each Count of a Charge, the taking of the plea of the Defendant in block form though improper, will amount to a mere irregularity, which cannot vitiate the affected arraignment or trial Abubakar V. FRN (2020) 9 NWLR (Pt. 1729) 268.” Per AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, JSC in PATRICK EZERIKE V. THE STATE (2022-LCER-46643-SC) at P. 35, Paras. F-G.

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