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EMMANUEL
V.
STATE

(2017) JELR 34250 (CA)

Court of Appeal 17 Mar 2017 Nigeria
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Suit Number:CA/L/679/2010
Judges:MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JOSEPH SHAGBAOR IKYEGH Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:Henry Omu For Appellant Y. Adesina,with him, E. Ifodon (Ms.) For Respondent

MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant was charged with and convicted for the offence of manslaughter contrary to the provisions of Section 325 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C17, Laws of Lagos State, 2003, by the Lagos State High Court in a judgment delivered on 1st December, 2009. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and being dissatisfied with the conviction and sentence, has brought this appeal on nine (9) grounds contained on the Notice of Appeal dated the 22nd December, 2009.

In the Appellant's unpaginated brief filed on the 1st April, 2011, four issues were submitted to the Court for decision in the appeal, as follows: -

"3.1 Whether the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against the Appellant as to warrant the Appellant's conviction for unlawfully killing one Aloycious Okafor and sentence for life imprisonment having regard to the totality of the evidence before the Learned Trial Judge.

3.2 Whether the Learned Trial Judge co…

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