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Classes of bail
Conditions for the grant of bail on account of ill-health of the applicant
Distinction between administrative bail and bail pending trial
Duty of the State to ensure that an accused person in custody is not put in undue danger of his health and safety
Duty on an applicant for bail to place before the court sufficient materials for consideration
Duty on the court to consider the weight of facts pleaded to in an affidavit before granting bail
Extent of the power of a High Court Judge to grant bail
Factors to be considered by a court before granting bail
Factors to be considered in the grant or refusal of bail
Factors which the court considers in exercising its discretion to grant bail
Grant of bail as a constitutional right
Grant of bail for capital offences under the Criminal Procedure Code
Guiding principles for granting bail by the court in murder cases
How the discretionary power to grant bail should be exercised
Meaning of bail
Nature of burden placed on an accused person in an application for bail
Onus of proof and standard of proof in an application for bail
Onus of proof on a person opposing an application for bail
Onus on the prosecutor in an application for bail
Onus placed on an accused person applying for bail when charged with a capital offence
Power of the court to grant bail in capital offences
Power of the High Court to grant bail to any person committed or remanded in custody by an inferior court
Principles for the grant of bail in capital/grave offences
Principles governing the grant of bail
Principles governing the grant of bail in offences not punishable by death
Principles governing the grant of bail in serious offences
Procedure for applying for bail in the Court of Appeal upon refusal by the High Court
Procedure for applying for bail in the High Courts of Northern Nigeria
Purpose of bail
The constitutional basis for the right of bail
The contractual nature of bail
The effect of granting bail
The main function of bail
The most important consideration in considering whether or not to grant bail
The nature of the right to bail
The omnibus criteria for the grant of bail
The onus of proof on the Applicant where he is relying on ill health as a ground for bail
The principle that the discretionary power of the court in granting or refusing bail will be exercised with or without a counter-affidavit
The propriety of granting bail to a co-accused and refusing bail to the appellant
The reason for the volatility in the exercise of discretion in granting or refusing bail
The right of an accused person to bail
The test for bail in murder and other first degree felonies
What a plaintiff alleging a tort against the Police in the grant of bail must prove
What "unreasonable period" connotes when considering applications for bail
Whether a decision on bail can be based on the summary of evidence
Whether a fresh application for bail should be made where a matter is commenced de novo
Whether a mere allegation of ill health entitles an applicant to bail
Whether an accused person standing trial for multiple counts of offences will be granted bail
Whether an accused person will be denied bail where the presumption of innocence has not been displaced
Whether an accused person will be granted bail where he has abused the condition of the bail previously granted to him
Whether an appellate court would interfere with the decision of a trial court in granting/refusing bail
Whether an application for bail can be made where charges have not been framed
Whether a party can re-apply for bail in an appellate court
Whether a person charged with a capital offence can be granted bail
Whether a person charged with an offence exceeding three years imprisonment is entitled to bail
Whether a person charged with an offence punishable with death can be granted bail by the court
Whether a person detained on a holding charge must be released on bail
Whether a prosecutor can oppose bail merely as a routine procedure
Whether a trial court can revoke the bail granted to an accused person
Whether a trial court can vary the order granting bail made by another court of co-ordinate jurisdiction
Whether bail before conviction is grantable as of right
Whether bail can be granted in murder cases
Whether bail can be refused on the ground that the accused person will commit further offences
Whether bail can be refused on the ground that the accused person will interfere with investigations or witnesses
Whether bail is an escape from justice
Whether bail is granted as a matter of course
Whether bail must be granted in all cases, including murder cases, where the accused is not tried within a reasonable time
Whether bail must be granted in all narcotics cases
Whether bail will be granted to an applicant who is likely to jump bail
Whether bail will be granted to persons charged with murder who have been awaiting trial for more than three years
Whether delay in filing the proof of evidence or information constitutes a special circumstance for the grant of bail in capital offences
Whether issue estoppel applies to bail applications in a new trial
Whether it is in all cases that an accused person can be granted bail on the ground of the constitutional provision of presumption of innocence
Whether it is reasonably foreseeable that an individual would have been successfully prosecuted if he had not been granted bail
Whether mere averments by the prosecution should warrant a denial of bail to an accused person
Whether prosecution can oppose bail where it fails to arraign the accused person before a competent court
Whether sureties must be civil servants
Whether the bail granted in a charge by a Judge who previously presided over the charge lapses with the withdrawal of the charge from his jurisdiction
Whether the circuit court and all inferior courts have the power to grant bail
Whether the court can rely on the proof of evidence in an application for bail
Whether the decision of a court to grant or refuse bail constitutes an issue estoppel
Whether the fact that an accused person is likely to jump bail should be used as the sole basis for the denial of bail
Whether the fact that an accused person must be given adequate time and facilities for his/her defence means that he/she must be granted bail
Whether the failure of the prosecution to file a counter-affidavit in opposition to the affidavit filed by an applicant for bail is enough reason to admit an accused person to bail
Whether the grant of bail is prohibited in a grant of attempted murder
Whether the gravity of the offence and severity of punishment are factors to be considered in an application for bail
Whether the guilt or criminal antecedents of an accused person are relevant in the consideration of whether to grant or refuse bail
Whether the imposition of stringent and onerous conditions of bail amounts to a denial of bail
Whether the power of the court to grant bail in a case in which the accused is not tried within a reasonable time is limited to the trial
Whether the presumption of grant of bail can be derived from the constitutional presumption of innocence
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