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Attitude of appellate court in an appeal against a ruling on a no case submission

Circumstances justifying a submission of no case to answer

Circumstances when a no case submission can be made and upheld

Duty of a Court when a no case submission is made

Duty on the prosecution to establish a prima facie case before the accused can be called upon to enter his defence

Effect of a counsel who makes a no case submission indicating that he will be resting on his submission

Effect of a court inviting an accused person to enter into his defence when a prima facie case has not been made against him

Effect of a discharge on a no case submission

Effect of a successful submission of no case to answer

Effect of an accused person resting his case on a no case submission

Effect of an accused person resting his case on the no case submission

Effect of continued participation in a criminal proceeding after a no case submission has been wrongly overruled

Effect of evidence given by the defendant upon a wrongful rejection of the no case submission

Effect of upholding a no case submission

Effect of upholding and overruling a no case submission

Effect of writing a lengthy ruling on a no case submission

Effect of wrongly overruling a no case submission

Effect of wrongly overruling a no case submission and calling on the defendant to testify in his defence

Essence of a no case submission

Factors to be considered by the court in a no case submission

Guiding principles on no case submission

How a ruling of no case submission should be determined

Meaning of no case submission

On what the court is required to do at the stage of no case submission

On what the defendant making a no case submission must show

On who may invoke the provisions of Section 286 of the Criminal Procedure Act on no case submission

Options open to an accused person when making a no case submission

Order to be made where the Court of Appeal pronounces on the guilt of accused person in an appeal against a ruling on a no case submission

Order to be made where there is no case for a co-accused to answer at the close of the prosecution's case

Principles governing the ruling on a no case submission

Principles governing whether or not there is a case for the accused to answer at the end of the prosecution's evidence

Principles guiding the court at the no case submission stage

Procedure for making a no case submission

Procedure to be followed where a no case submission is made

Procedure to be followed where the trial judge wrongly overruled a no case submission

Proper approach when ruling on a no case submission

Proper procedure to be followed where after a no case submission, a lesser offence is disclosed

Purport of a no case submission

Rationale behind a no case submission

Stage when a defendant can raise a no case submission

Tests to be satisfied for a no case submission to succeed

The legal position after a ruling on a no case submission

The procedure to be followed after a ruling on a no case submission where the defendant is represented by counsel

The propriety of a lengthy Court of Appeal ruling on a no case submission

The relationship between no case submission and prima facie case

What "making out of a case sufficiently" at the end of the prosecution's case entails

What a determination of a "whether case is made out against the accused sufficiently to require him to make a defence" depends on

What a no case submission entails

What a no case submission involves

What has to be considered in a no case submission

What the court should consider in upholding a no case submission

What the court should consider when a no case submission is made

What the phrase “no evidence to prove an essential element” means at the no case submission stage

When a no case submission is made

When a no case submission upheld

When a no case submission will be overruled

When a no case submission will be upheld in trials on indictment

When a no case submission will succeed

When a no-case submission will be said to have been wrongly overruled

When it will be said that there is no case to answer

Whether a court can express an opinion on the evidence or credibility of witnesses in a no case submission

Whether a court can suo motu make a ruling of no case

Whether a dismissal of the no case submission means that the prosecution has produced enough evidence to warrant a conviction

Whether a lengthy ruling on a no case submission will vitiate the proceedings

Whether a no case submission being overruled amounts to conviction

Whether a no case submission can be made in a trial within trial

Whether a no case submission can be sustained where the evidence of the prosecution was not discredited by cross-examination

Whether a ruling on a no case submission amounts to a decision under section 277(1) of the 1979 constitution

Whether a ruling on a no case submission is invalid if given without reasons

Whether an accused person can be discharged following a successful no case submission

Whether an accused person who has been discharged pursuant to a successful ruling on a no case submission of the substantive can be convicted on the ancillary offence.

Whether an unsuccessful no case submission can be followed by an appeal

Whether at the no case submission stage, the court is called upon to determine the success or otherwise of the case of the prosecution against the accused

Whether counsel for the accused has a right to make a no case submission

Whether counsel for the accused has the right to comment on the evidence in a no case submission

Whether incriminating evidence that follows an erroneous rejection of a no case submission should be taken into consideration on appeal

Whether overruling a no case submission is synonymous to a finding of guilt

Whether proof beyond reasonable doubt is assessed at the stage of no case submission

Whether the appellate court can decide the substantive matter in an appeal against a ruling on a no case submission

Whether the counsel for the defence is allowed to address the court on the credibility of witnesses in a no case submission

Whether the court can decide if the evidence has proved that the accused person committed the offence he is charged with at the no case submission stage

Whether the court can discharge an accused person on a no case submission when it is clear from the evidence adduced that the facts disclose some explanation which the accused has to make

Whether the court can pronounce on the evidence before it when a no case submission is made

Whether the court is called to determine the guilt or otherwise of the defendant where a no case submission is made

Whether the court is precluded from determining whether the prosecution has made out a prima facie case against the defendant in the absence of a no case submission

Whether the court must give a reasoned decision on whether the accused person has a case to answer whether or not a formal submission is made

Whether the credibility of the prosecution witnesses is in issue at the point of a no case submission

Whether the evidence of a co-accused is admissible where a no case submission has been rightly overruled

Whether the fact of a no case submission being overrules means that an accused person must invariably be convicted

Whether the guilt of an accused person must be determined at the no case submission stage

Whether the Judge is called to express any opinion on the evidence already before the court where a no case submission is made

Whether the prosecution must be found to have prove the case against the accused person beyond reasonable doubt before the accused can be called upon to open his defence

Whether the question as to whether or not the evidence is believed is material at the no case submission stage

Whether the standard that the prosecution must attain at the close of its case to warrant an accused person being called upon to make a defence is proof beyond reasonable doubt

Whether there are situations where the failure to discharge the evidential burden placed on the accused will defeat a no case submission

Whether there is a right of appeal against a decision overruling a submission of no case

Whether what is to be considered in a no case submission is whether the evidence against the accused person is sufficient to justify conviction

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