Murder—ingredients of the offence

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• ISA KASSIM V. THE STATE (2017)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  30 June 2017

  Summary of the Supreme Court case ISA KASSIM v. THE STATE (2017) focusing on the issues of admissibility of evidence and culpable homicide.

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  • Concurrent findings of fact→
  • Culpable homicide punishable with death→
  • Presumption of regularity→
  • Primary and secondary evidence→
  • Proof beyond reasonable doubt→
  • admissibility of confessional statements→
  • admissibility of original public documents→
  • certified true copies of public documents→

• VICTOR ONYEMAECHI OKOH V. THE STATE (2014)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Benin Division)

  Judgment date

  28 June 2013

  Summary of the Court of Appeal (Benin Division) ruling in Victor Onyemaechi Okoh v. The State, discussing the complexity of murder charges and legal integrity.

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  • Appellate review of findings of fact→
  • Circumstantial evidence→
  • Death sentence→
  • Proof beyond reasonable doubt→
  • Voluntary confessional statement→
  • absence of corpus delicti→
  • constitution section 36(12)—offence defined by written law→
  • conviction under repealed or defunct law→