MUSA
V.
STATE

(2021) JELR 108794 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/G/52C/2020 · 2 Aug 2021 · Nigeria

CORAM

Jummai Hannatu Sankey, JCA Tunde Oyebanji Awotoye, JCA Ebiowei Tobi, JCA

Ratio Decidendi

Core Terms ^Beta

death

evidence

musa barde

confessional statement

culpable homicide

trial court

penal code law

saude musa

abubakar musa

audu musa

zainab musa

medical report

accused person

learned trial judge

cause of death of the deceased

confessional statement of the appellant

high court

high court of gombe state

offences of criminal conspiracy

photographs of the corpse of the deceased

position of the law

case of the respondent

decision of the trial court

direct evidence

gombe state

separate appeals

smoke of some herbs

3rd accused person

a. appeal no. ca

abubakar musa v

audu musa v

end of the trial

english version of the appellant

final addresses of counsel

findings of fact of the learned trial judge

following reliefs

guilt of an accused person

house of the appellant

illegal act

judgment of the high court of justice

police officer

registrar of the lower court

respective briefs of argument

respect of the case

said agreement

state v

sustained various degrees of serious injuries

three-count charge of conspiracy

trio of the appellant

various grounds

JUMMAI HANNATU SANKEY, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is predicated on the judgment of the High Court of Justice of Gombe State in Suit No. GM/50/2015 between: The State v. (1) Saude Musa, (2) Audu Musa, and (3) Abubakar Musa, judgment delivered on 4th July, 2016 by J.A. Awak, J. Aggrieved by the decision of the trial Court, all three accused persons each filed separate appeals contesting the findings therein and complaining against the judgment on various grounds. Thus, this is a sister-appeal to the following two (2) appeals before this Court:

A. Appeal No. CA/G/54C/2020 between Audu Musa v. The State; and

B. Appeal No. CA/G/55C/2020 between Abubakar Musa v. The State.

The trio of the Appellant herein (then 1st accused), Audu Musa and Abubakar Musa were arraigned and charged before the High Court of Gombe State in Charge No. GM/50/2015 for the same offences arising from the same incident. They were tried together before the same High Court and at the end of the …

MUSA V. STATE

MUSA
V.
STATE