Legal technicalities in criminal appeals

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• ONYIA V. STATE (2008)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  5 December 2008

  This case examines the implications of language interpretation in court concerning fair trial rights under Nigerian law, focusing on the right to an interpreter

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  • Death sentence→
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  • constitution of nigeria 1979, section 33(6)(a) and (e)→
  • criminal code, cap. 30 laws of eastern nigeria 1963, section 219(1)→