MUHAMMAD JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is a further A appeal against the judgment of the Ogun State High Court, hereinafter referred to as the trial court, before which the appellant, Godwin Awin and others then at large were tried for conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery contrary to section 5(b) and punishable under section 1(2)(a) of the Robbery and Fire Arms (Special Provisions) Act, 1990 (as amended) by the Tribunal (Certain Consequential Amendments Etc) Act, 1999. Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence by the trial court, the appellant appealed to the Ibadan Division of the Appeal Court. The court, hereinafter referred to as the court below, in its judgment dated 28 October 2010, affirmed appellant’s conviction by the trial court but reduced the sentence imposed on him from death to life imprisonment. The appeal before us, on a notice containing two grounds, arises out of appellant’s dissatisfaction with the judgment of the court below. Parties have filed and e…
IKARIA
V.
STATE
(2012) JELR 51075 (SC)
Supreme Court 14 Dec 2012 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC.48/2011
Judges:WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN JSC (Presided) CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL CHUKWUMA-ENEH JSC MUHAMMAD S. MUNTAKA COOMASSIE JSC MUSA DATTIJO MUHAMMAD JSC ( Read the Lead Judgment) CLARA BATA OGUNBIYI JSC
Counsel:Segun Fowowe, Esq. - for the Appellant.
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Adebayo Oyagbola, Esq. (with him, O. M. Giwah, Esq.) - for the Respondent.
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