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• CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - GUILT OF AN ACCUSED PERSON - Duty of the prosecution and the Court in proving the guilt of an accused person

  "The appellant, in the instant case, was charged with four offences, conspiracy to commit an offence, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery. They all require to be proved beyond reasonable…

• EVIDENCE: Co-accused Statements - Use of Co-accused Statements in Judicial Deliberation

  "The trial judge must evaluate the cases against co-accused individuals separately, ensuring that statements made by one are not used in assessing the culpability of another. This principle safeguards the…

• LEGAL PRACTITIONER - DUTY OF COUNSEL - Duty of Counsel as a minister in the temple of justice and an officer of the Court

  "I should think the option available to the Respondents' Counsel, as officers of the Courts, was to have, guided by Rule 32(2)(j) & (k) of the Rules of Professional Conduct…

• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - SECTION 276 OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION - Interpretation of section 276 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as regards the vesting of the land in the territory of the state in the military governor

  "The Section reads in full: "276(1) Without prejudice to the generality of Section 274 of this Constitution any property, right, privilege, liability or obligation which immediately before the date when…

• CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Co-Accused - Impact of Co-accused Acquittal on Individual Guilt

  "Even if it was true that they were wrongly acquitted it would have no bearing on the appellant’s guilt." Per Brett, AG. C.J.F. in Ojoma v. The Queen (1961) LCER-126(FSC)…