ACCUSED CAN BE CONVICTED BASED ON CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT ALONE – NEED TO TEST CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT
The law is also trite that an accused person can be convicted based on his…
The law is also trite that an accused person can be convicted based on his…
The law is trite that in circumstance where the prosecution seeks to tender the confessional…
Where a confessional statement is voluntarily made, it is the best evidence which the trial…
The law is well settled on issues relating to admissibility or otherwise of confessional statements…
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…
The learned trial judge having admitted that the prosecution still bears the burden to call…
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…
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