"It is settled law that to avail himself of the defence of provocation, the appellant must have done the act for which he is charged (i) in the heat of...
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"It is the duty of the trial court to have considered whether a reasonable person in such circumstances in consequence of such conduct, and the history of the existing relationship...
"For an accused person to successfully rely on the first limb of section 28 of the Criminal Code supra, he must prove that at the time the offence was committed,...
"In determining the defence of insanity, the trial Judge is enjoined to take into consideration any admissible medical evidence and the whole of the facts and the surrounding circumstances of...
"But the law is that evidence of insanity tendered by the accused himself is suspect and is not usually taken seriously: see Onyekwe v. The State (1988) 1 NWLR (Pt....
"For the second limb of section 28 of the Criminal Code to avail an accused person as a defence, he must show that there is a set of facts which...
"Therefore, an accused person who pleads insanity as a defence to an offence with which he is charged has the burden of proving that he was suffering from insanity or...
"It is conceded that there was no motive established for the murder but it is trite law that mere absence of any evidence of motive for a crime is not...
"The evidence by the investigating police officer (PW.6) that the behaviour of the appellant was abnormal is of no moment because abnormal behaviour is not evidence of insanity: see Lamidi...
"For the defence of self-defence to be available and to exclude criminal responsibility, the accused must face imminent apprehension of death or grievous harm from his victim."
"By section 19 of the Criminal Code, intoxication can only be a defence if the person charged of the offence did not know what he was doing at the time...
"No accused is allowed to take shelter under defence of intoxication if that intoxication is self-induced. The appellant could not excuse his conduct on his getting off his head or...