"The prosecution in order to establish this case of murder beyond reasonable doubt against the appellant adduced evidence: (i) that the deceased had died; (ii) that the death of the...
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"It is an accepted principle of law in homicide cases that where the cause of death is obvious as in the instant case medical evidence ceases to be of practical...
"By virtue of section 179 of the Criminal Procedure Law applicable in Imo State, where the evidence proves a lesser offence than the one charged, the court may substitute a...
"In the definition of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221(b) of the Penal Code it has been made clear that whether death was the probable or only a...
"The test for whether an act is of a nature likely to endanger human life must depend on whether death or the loss of human life is a reasonably probable...
"Where death results from the very act of ravishment, the act and the purpose are one and the same thing. In such circumstances, in the absence of evidence that the...
"In a charge of murder, the burden is on the prosecution to prove that: (a) the deceased had died; (b) the death of the deceased was caused by the accused;...
"A warning by the writer of a letter, even if it is false and mischievous, that a third person is threatening to kill the person to whom the letter is...
"For a charge under section 323 of the Criminal Code, the prosecution must prove that: (i) the accused sent or delivered the letter, (ii) knew the contents of the letter,...
"Whenever there is sufficient interval for reflection during which a normal man can realise and understand the gravity of what he intends to do, the defence of provocation cannot be...
"The ingredients of the defence of provocation are:- (i) the act of provocation which must be grave and sudden; (ii) the loss of self control, both actual and reasonable; and...
"The correct legal position is that where a person attacked another person with a lethal weapon and the other person died on the spot, it is not necessary to prove...