CORAM
ELIAS JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
COKER JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
SOWEMIMO JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
FRANCIS USHIE APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The applicant hit a 16years old boy with firewood till the boy died. He was charged for the murder of the victim but was convicted of manslaughter. The applicant has now applied for leave to appeal his conviction of manslaughter.
HELD
The Supreme Court held that there are no merits in the application. The application for leave to appeal was refused.
ISSUES
Whether there is merit in the application of the applicant for leave to appeal.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
LEAVE TO APPEAL WHEN THE EVIDENCE SHOWS COMPLICITY IN THE CRIME?
“the findings of the learned trial Judge are based on evidence before him and which abundantly establishes the complicity of the applicant in this crime and the part he played in the killing of Gilbert Obi” Per G.B.A. Coker, JSC
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