OKPARA GODFREY VS INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE
September 10, 2025MICHAEL IMUODU & ORS. VS THE QUEEN
September 10, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1961-01) Legalpedia 04700 (SC)
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Holden at Lagos
Mon Jan 23, 1961
Suit Number: SC. 288/1960
CORAM
BRETT, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
TAYLOR, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
BAIRAMIAN, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
APPELLANTS
THE QUEEN
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
CRIMINAL LAW – JURY TRIAL
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant was convicted for murder by a jury after the trial judge directed their attention to things that might have created doubt to the credibility of the witnesses.
HELD
The court held that there was nothing improbable about the verdict and that there was no basis for reversing the decision of the jury.
ISSUES
Whether the appellant was satisfactorily identified as the person who stabbed the deceased.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
APPELLATE COURTS CANNOT REVERSE A CONCLUSION REACHED BY A JURY ON MATTERS OF FACT
‘Where a Jury, properly directed, has come to any conclusion of fact that conclusion will not be reversed on appeal, provided there was any evidence to support it, unless the court of appeal is satisfied that it was a conclusion to which no reasonable Jury could have come.’ Per Brett F.J
CASES CITED
R. v. Heyes (1951) 1 K.B. 29
STATUTES REFERRED TO
Not Available
