CORAM
M.L. UWAIS (Presided) JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
CHIDI NWAOMA UWA
MUHAMMAD SAIFULLAHI MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA
ABIMBOLA OSARUGUE OBASEKI – ADEJUMO FEDERAL HIGH COURT
MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL
PARTIES
SABURI ADEBAYO APPELLANTS
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OGUN STATE RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
APPEAL, CRIMINAL LAW, CONFESSION, COURT
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant was caught in the process of armed robbery; he confessed and was charged and convicted accordingly. His complain on appeal was that there was consideration of two counts together.
HELD
The court dismissed the appeal.
ISSUES
Whether the lower court failed to consider the legal effect of joint consideration of counts 1 and 2 together; and if so whether the failure occasioned injustice to the Appellant.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
1. Okegbu v. State (1979) 12 NSCC 151 at 156|2. Adigun v. A. G. Oyo State (1988) 1 NWLR (Pt.53) 628.|3. Okonkwo v. Udo (1997) 9 NWLR (Pt. 519) 16 at page 20;|4. State v. Ajie (2000) 11 NWLR (Pt. 678) 434 at 448
STATUTES REFERRED TO
NONE|