The absence of a certificate or note showing that proceedings were interpreted does not affect the validity of the proceedings, as there is no statutory or…

While it is good practice for the trial judge to record that the charge was read and fully explained to the accused to the satisfaction of…

If the Judge was not satisfied that the charge was properly explained, he would not proceed to take the plea; by taking the plea, it must…

Each distinct individual accused person must separately plead not guilty after the charge has been read and interpreted; a "block plea" or "communal plea" is not…

By virtue of the 1979 Constitution and Decree No. 105 of 1979, offences under the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act No. 47 of 1970 became…

An alibi can be negatived by an eyewitness account of the commission of an offence by an accused person.

When there is positive evidence of the accused's complicity in the offence, the police need not investigate his alibi.

The accused must disclose the facts of the alibi with necessary details and particulars at the earliest opportunity to put the burden on the police to…

An accused person who wishes to raise alibi must raise it at the earliest opportunity to enable the police to investigate it and must offer evidence.

Alibi is a radical defence that means the accused was somewhere else at the material time an offence was committed and could not possibly have been…

It is well settled law that the Supreme Court will not usually or generally interfere with the concurrent findings of fact of the Court of Appeal…

Where the accused proffers a reason that some evidence should not be admitted due to an irregularity known to him, the burden shifts to him to…