Authorities on: confessional statement

The fact that an accused person denies making a confessional statement to the police, does…

The use of the imperative word “shall” in the provision underscores its mandatory nature. The…

Usually, objections raised as to the admissibility of confessional statements pose one of the greatest…

The law is trite that a conviction can be found on a retracted confessional statement…

Against this background, it is important to note that the Appellant, in the course of…

In a plethora of decisions, this court has held that a confessional statement constitutes evidence…

Where a confessional statement is denied or retracted by an accused as in the instant…

Confessional statement is the best evidence to ground conviction and, as held in a number…

On the issue of his Co-Accused’s Statement, the Appellant is right that his statement cannot…

The Appellant may have retracted his Confessional Statement but it is settled that where the…

Where a confessional statement is retracted as in this case, the Court then shall decide…