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- EVIDENCE - CALLING OF WITNESS(ES) - Whether an accused person has the right to dictate to the prosecution the witnesses to call or not to call:
"An Accused Person has no say and cannot demand that the Prosecution must call so and so Witness(es) to prove its case against the Accused Person. The Prosecution has discretion…
- EVIDENCE - TAINTED WITNESS - Whether the fact that a witness is a blood relation of the victim of a crime makes the witness a tainted witness
"... The appellant had sought to impugn the evidence gotten through PW2, PW4 as they are relations of PW4, the prosecutrix. The Supreme Court on the subject matter concerning what…
- TAINTED WITNESS - Whether the fact that a witness is a blood relation of the victim of a crime makes the witness a tainted witness
EVIDENCE - TAINTED WITNESS - Whether the fact that a witness is a blood relation of the victim of a crime makes the witness a tainted witness:
- EVIDENCE - Calling of Witness(es) - Discretion of counsel as to the order of calling witness; effect of testimony of a witness who has heard or overheard the testimony of another witness
"The order in which witnesses should be called at a trial is clearly a matter for counsel and in respect of which counsel must and does accept responsibility. If it…
- CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE: Evidence of a Sole Witness – Whether the Court Can Convict Based on the Evidence of a Single Witness
"The law is settled that the evidence of a single witness can ground a conviction if it is accepted and believed by the Court. See: Effiong v. The State (1998)…