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COKER JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

UDOMA JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

FATAYI-WILLIAMS JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

PARTIES

AYANTOYINBO ALADE APPELLANTS

RESPONDENTS

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The appellant a member of the Agbekoya society under the instruction of the chairman of the society with a host of others stabbed matcheted and knifed the Shoun of Ogbomosho to death.

HELD

The appeal was dismissed. The Court held that the appellant was rightly convicted by the learned trial Judge and that the confirmation of that conviction by the Western State Court of Appeal was justified and reasonable on the evidence.

ISSUES

Whether the Appellant was guilty of the charge beyond reasonable doubt.

RATIONES DECIDENDI

FAILURE TO CALL EVIDENCE IN A MURDER TRIAL

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CASES CITED

STATUTES REFERRED TO

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