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Burden placed on an accused person where he pleads a special defence

1 case

Distinction between the defence of self defence and defence of provocation

3 cases

Duty of the prosecution where a defence is raised

1 case

Duty of the trial court to consider all aspects of the accused person's evidence in determining whether he has a good defence or not

1 case

Duty of the trial court to consider any defence the accused raised either expressly or impliedly

1 case

Effect of failure by the prosecution and the court to consider and examine a defence

1 case

Effect of failure of the trial court to consider the defences available to an accused person

2 cases

Effect of the defences raised by an accused person

1 case

Exculpatory defences

1 case

The defences of automatism and accident under Section 24 of the Criminal Code

1 case

The principle that ignorance of fact is a complete defence

1 case

The rule that an accused person should be given the benefit of a defence even where he did not specifically raise it

1 case

The rule that the court must consider all defences raised by the accused person

8 cases

The rule that where persons who are charged together for committing a crime have a common base for their defence, the acceptance of the defence to the benefit of one of them should also result in its acceptance for the benefit of others

1 case

What constitutes a complete defence to a charge of assault or causing harm

1 case

Whether a court can formulate a defence for an accused person which is not open or available to him

1 case

Whether a court is entitled to reject a defence simply because it does not believe it

1 case

Whether a defence founded on belief in witchcraft or juju is tenable in criminal cases

1 case

Whether a defendant is required to make a defence in every case made out against him

1 case

Whether an accused person is bound to give evidence in his defence

1 case

Whether a trial court can fail to consider a defence because it was raised at the stage of no case submission

1 case

Whether defence founded on witchcraft is justifiable in murder cases

6 cases

Whether every defence must be considered by the court

10 cases

Whether failure to consider a defence can invalidate a conviction

1 case

Whether ignorance of the law is a defence to criminal liability

2 cases

Whether superior orders are valid defences to crimes

2 cases

Whether the court can speculate over the defences available to the accused

1 case

Whether there is a duty on the Court to unearth any defences in order to make a finding on it

1 case

Whether the trial and appellate courts must consider every defence open to an accused person on the evidence

1 case

Whether the trial court can consider the defences of provocation or justification where there was no evidence to that effect

1 case

Whether the trial court has a duty to consider all the defences which may be available to an accused person in a murder trial

8 cases

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