A ground of appeal and/or issue for determination which does not derive from the judgment appealed against is incompetent.

Where several persons are tried together, separate verdicts must be returned for each accused and each count. However, failure to do so will not result in…

A confessional statement is the best evidence in our criminal procedure. It is a statement of admission of guilt by the accused and the court must…

In the absence of contrary evidence, when the charge is read to the accused, he pleads, the court records his plea, and proceeds to trial, the…

The law presumes that the learned trial Judge complied with section 215 CPL. While the presumption is rebuttable, the burden of rebuttal falls on the appellants.

A person convicted for murder and sentenced to death whose appeal is dismissed by the Court of Appeal is deemed to have appealed further to the…

The object of arraignment under section 215 CPL is to ensure the accused understands the charge to enable his defence. But justice is not one-way; justice…

It is not the practice of this court to interfere with concurrent findings of the two lower courts except where such findings are perverse or unsupported…

Jurisdiction is a threshold issue; without it, a court cannot make any valid order. When a challenge to competence is made, the court must deal with…

A decision is held to be in respect of a question of customary law when the controversy involves a determination of what the relevant customary law…

An appeal to the Court of Appeal from the Customary Court of Appeal must be limited to a complaint with respect to a question of customary…

Where the number of issues distilled far exceeds the number of grounds of appeal, it shows palpable ignorance of the law. It means the appellant does…