COURT/CRIMINAL LAW AND PRACTICE- Power and Jurisdiction of court to make orders in appropriate cases

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“Now, by the provisions of Section 36 (9) of the 1999 Constitution (as altered/amended), a superior court is vested with the requisite jurisdiction to make an order in appropriate cases, for the trial of a person for a criminal offence for which he had earlier been tried by a court of competent jurisdiction and whether he was convicted’ or acquitted by that court for such an offence.” Per MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, JSC in JEREMIAH JOSEPH V. THE STATE (2022-LCER-46642-SC) at Pp. 13; Paras. C -D.

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