Principle

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE — No-Case Submission — Defences Consideration

Area of law
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

This principle establishes that defences cannot be considered at the no-case submission stage. The court must first determine whether the prosecution has made out a prima facie case requiring the accused to enter their defence. Defences are matters for trial, not for ruling on a…

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