Right to interpreter in criminal proceedings

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• BALOGUN V. F.R.N. (2021)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  19 February 2021

  Summary of the Supreme Court ruling in Balogun v. F.R.N. (2021). Examines conviction issues, procedural compliance, and implications of guilty pleas in Nigerian

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  • Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015→
  • Burden of proof in criminal cases→
  • Confessional statement→
  • Guilty plea→
  • Judicial admission→
  • Proof beyond reasonable doubt→
  • Validity of arraignment→
  • constitution 1999, section 36→

• MATHEW NWOKOCHA V. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF IMO STATE (2016)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  26 February 2016

  Case summary of Mathew Nwokocha v. Attorney-General of Imo State focusing on legal issues related to fair hearing and the conviction for armed robbery.

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  • Concurrent findings of fact→
  • Death sentence→
  • Ingredients of armed robbery→
  • Proof beyond reasonable doubt→
  • abandonment of defence→
  • armed robbery under section 1(2)(b), robbery and firearms (special provisions) act 1990→
  • confessional statement evidence→
  • constitutional right to legal representation→

• UWAEKWEGHINYA VS. STATE (2005)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  11 March 2005

  Case summary of Uwaekweghinya vs. State, discussing legal issues of self-defence and fair trial rights in a murder conviction.

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  • Confessional statements→
  • Constitutional right to fair hearing→
  • Discharge and acquittal→
  • Miscarriage of justice→
  • Murder→
  • Proof beyond reasonable doubt→
  • Provocation→
  • Self-defence→