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EVIDENCE – Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof – On whom lies the burden of proof in criminal cases
“The onus to establish this is not on the defence, it is on the prosecution.”
Per JOHN IDOWU CONRAD TAYLOR, JSC in ONYENANKEYA V. THE STATE (1964) LCER-300(SC) (P. 4; Para. E)
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