JOHN & ANOR.
V.
STATE
A. M. MUKHTAR, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellants in this appeal were arraigned with one other before the High Court of Plateau State for the offence of armed robbery, and they were consequently convicted, after the prosecution had proved its case, and the court did not find their defence tenable. After an appeal to the Court of Appeal in which they failed, they have appealed to this court on five and six grounds of appeal respectively, from which issues for determination were raised in this appeal. The issues are:-
"1. Whether the Honourable Court of Appeal was right in affirming the conviction and death sentence passed on the Appellants by the trial Court when exhibits 3 and 5, the alleged confessional statements of the Appellants, which were heavily relied upon by the trial judge, were inadmissible in law.
2. Whether the non consideration of the submissions of the Appellants on exhibits 3 and 5 by the Honourable Court of Appeal was proper.
3. Whether the Honou…