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• EVIDENCE – Confessional Statement – Whether a Court Can Convict Solely on the Confessional Statement of an Accused Person; Whether Retraction of a Voluntary Confessional Statement Renders the Confessional Statement Inadmissible

  "On whether it was appropriate for the Court to have countenanced and given weight to the confessional statement, there was no obstacle which could have hindered the trial Court from…

• VIDENCE: Confessional Statement - Admissibility of Confessional Statement - Conditions for Admissibility of a Confessional Statement

  "On the issue of admissibility of the statements of the Appellant the learned trial Judge ruled that there was no substance in the objection and accordingly admitted the statements. Again,…

• EVIDENCE – Confessional Statement – Proper Time to Raise an Objection to the Admissibility of a Confessional Statement

  "In the case of Habibu V State (2023) LPELR-60351 (SC), this Court per Jauro, JSC stated that: "...An accused person will not be permitted to challenge the admissibility of a…

• RIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: Confessional Statement - The Impact of Retraction on the Admissibility of Confessional Statements

  “Admissibility of evidence and particularly documents depends on the purpose for which it is being tendered and so in the case of a confessional statement such as the one in…

• EVIDENCE - CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT - Purpose of the test for determining the truth of a confessional statement

  "The six tests laid down for verification of the confessional statement before evidential weight can be attached to them are prescribed to ensure that the confession is corroborated and safe…