CORAM

ANDREW O. OBASEKI, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

SOWEMIMO JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT

PARTIES

SULE MOMOH APPELLANTS

RESPONDENTS

AREA(S) OF LAW

SUMMARY OF FACTS

The appellant was seen shooting to death a fellow Army officer without any provocation.

HELD

The Court held that the considered evidence and summing up with the direction of the trial judge was very proper and correct.

ISSUES

Whether based on the allegation of conspiracy by the appellant, the conviction was proper.

RATIONES DECIDENDI

STATUS CONVICTION BY JUDGE BY EVIDENCE OF MURDER

“If there is evidence upon which a trial Judge could find murder and provided there is no substantial misdirection, it is not for us to interfere as to the correctness of the verdict. PER SOWEMIMO, Ag., JSC.

CASES CITED

STATUTES REFERRED TO

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