AMOS
V.
STATE

(2018) JELR 39000 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.645/2013 · 1 Jun 2018 · Nigeria
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Amos v. State (2019) 1 NWLR (Pt. 1653) 206

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OLABODE RHODES-VIVOUR Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria JOHN INYANG OKORO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AMIRU SANUSI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SIDI DAUDA BAGE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

appellant

exhibit b

lower court

confessional statement

respondent

court of appeal

trial court

armed robbery

sentence of the appellant

accused person

reasonable doubt

defence of accident

conviction of the appellant

evidence of the prosecution

circumstantial evidence

evidence of pw3

learned counsel

culpable homicide

learned trial judge

retracted confession

substantial miscarriage of justice

deceased's motorcycle

failure of the prosecution

judgment of the trial court

offence of culpable homicide

record of appeal

brief of argument

deceased motorcycle

deceased person

error of the lower court

evidence of the pw3

judgment of the court of appeal

judgment of the lower court

leading judgment

local government area of kwara state

part of the lower court

alleged error of law

brief summary of the facts

close of the trial

confession of the appellant

considered view of the learned counsel

decision of the court of appeal

evidence of the appellant

last ground

reliance of the court

ways test

SIDI DAUDA BAGE, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal arose to challenge the decision of the Court of Appeal, Ilorin Division, delivered on the 1st of August, 2013. The lower Court affirmed the conviction and sentence of the Appellant for the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death and armed robbery which was earlier given by the trial Court. The judgment of the lower Court is contained at pages 132-168 of the Record of Appeal.

Dissatisfied with the judgment of the Court of Appeal, the Appellant lodged the instant appeal through a Notice of Appeal dated and filed on 15th day of August, 2013, which is contained at pages 169-180 of the Record of Appeal. The Appellant's appeal is premised on thirteen grounds. I'll provide a quick summary of the whole of thirteen (13) grounds. Ground one contends that the Court of Appeal erred in law and thus occasioned substantial miscarriage of justice to the Appellant when it affirmed the conviction of the Appellant for culpable…

AMOS V. STATE

AMOS
V.
STATE