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Duty of court to ensure compliance with the provisions relating to arraignment
Effect of an improper arraignment
Effect of failure to arraign an accused person
Effect of failure to comply with the requirements of a valid arraignment
Effect of failure to comply with the valid requirements of an arraignment as stated under Section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Law of Ondo State
Effect of failure to properly take the plea of an accused person
Effect of failure to read over and explain a charge to an accused person in a language which he fully understands before he is called to plead thereto
Effect of failure to record the fact that the charge has been read and explained to the accused person in the language he understands must be recorded by the judge
Effect of failure to take the plea of an accused person
Effect of failure to take the plea of an accused person at the start of the trial
Effect of non-compliance with Section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Act
Effect of non-compliance with Sections 215 and 218 of the Criminal Procedure Act
Effect of reading over or explaining a charge to an accused person in a language he does not understand
How to obviate a defect in the arraignment of an accused person
Importance of a valid arraignment
Meaning of arraignment
Position of the law on the guidelines for a proper arraignment
Presumption of regularity
Presumption where an accused person speaks or understands the language of the proceedings
Principles guiding the arraignment of an accused person
Proper order to be made where there is a failure to comply with the requirements of a valid arraignment
Proper order to make where the court fails to take the plea of an accused person
Proper time to raise objection to the plea of an accused person
Purpose of arraignment of an accused person
Requirements of a valid arraignment under Section 33(6)(a) of the 1979 Constitution
The fundamental issue in arraignment
The mandatoriness of the provisions on arraignment
The most essential aspect of arraignment
The presumption relating to arraignment
The requirements of a valid arraignment under section 215 of the Criminal Procedure Act
The rule that the trial court has the duty to satisfy itself that the accused has clearly understood the nature of the criminal charge read thereto
The rule that where a charge is read to the accused person and he makes his plea and the court records his plea and thereafter proceeds to trial, the presumption is that the court is satisfied that the charge was explained to the accused to its satisfaction
Unconstitutionality of arraigning an accused person before a Magistrate Court for an offence in which the Magistrate Court lacks jurisdiction
What arraignment entails
What is vital in an arraignment
What would constitute valid objection to an indictment that would prevent an accused person from being arraigned
When an accused person will be said to be properly before the court
When an arraignment would be said to be valid
Whether a block reading of the charges to joint accused persons vitiates the trial
Whether a failure to record the language employed in reading over and explaining a charge to the accused person is fatal to the proceedings
Whether a fresh plea must be taken upon a fresh arraignment
Whether an accused person must plead to each count in a charge
Whether an accused person shall be brought before the court unfettered by virtue of the provisions of section 187 (1) of the CPC & section 215 of the CPA
Whether an accused person who is represented by counsel can claim that he did not understand the charge
Whether an arraignment is valid where there is no record of specific words uttered by the Appellant
Whether an arraignment is vitiated by the fact of joint reading and explanation of the charge to the accused persons
Whether failure of a court to record the arraignment proceedings in direct speech is a violation of the right to fair hearing
Whether failure of the trial Judge to record every detail of an arraignment would nullify the arraignment
Whether failure of the trial judge to record the plea of each of the accused persons separately in the direct speech is fatal
Whether it is mandatory for a trial Judge to record that a charge has been read over and explained to the accused person to the satisfaction of the court
Whether it is necessary for a judge to record that he is satisfied that the accused person understood the charge
Whether it is necessary to read over a charge to an accused person in another language where he understands English language
Whether it is necessary to record that the accused person understood the charge as read where he understands the language of the court
Whether it is the law that the name of the person who read and interpreted the charge to the accused must appear on the records of the court
Whether the absence of the details of how the charge was read and explained to the accused person vitiates a trial
Whether the court is expected to specify a language with which a charge is read
Whether the court is required to engage itself in conducting investigation regarding the circumstances surrounding the arrest, rendition and arraignment of an accused person arraigned before it
Whether the court will order a retrial where the procedure for a valid arraignment has not been complied with
Whether the fact that the charge has been read and explained to the accused person in the language he understands must be recorded by the judge
Whether the failure of accused persons to plead individually to a charge nullifies their arraignment
Whether the test for determining whether the provisions on arraignment have been complied with is an objective one
Whether the trial Court must ask an accused person if he admits each and every essential ingredient of the offence
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