Unlawful killing

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• INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE V. UCHENWOKE (2021)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal, Awka Division

  Judgment date

  9 July 2020

  Summary of the case on fundamental rights breach involving the unlawful killing of Mr. Chukwunonso Uchenwoke by police officers in Nigeria.

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  • Fundamental rights enforcement→
  • Joint and several liability→
  • Right to life→
  • constitution of the federal republic of nigeria 1999, sections 33(1) and 33(2)(a)-(c)→
  • criminal code act, sections 303 and 304→
  • damages for breach of fundamental rights→
  • fundamental rights (enforcement procedure) rules, order 11 rule 1→
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• ADESINA V. PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE (2015)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Lagos Division)

  Judgment date

  3 June 2014

  Case summary of Adesina v. People of Lagos State focusing on manslaughter conviction and issues of evidence and confessions.

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  • Proof beyond reasonable doubt→
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  • corroboration of confession→
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  • defence of accident under section 24 of the criminal code→
  • evidential burden in criminal trials→

• EGBIRIKA V. STATE (2014)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  17 January 2014

  A detailed summary of the Supreme Court's decision in Egbirika v. State (2014), focusing on the legal issues and rulings.

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  • Concurrent findings of fact→
  • Defence of accident→
  • Defence of alibi→
  • Grounds of appeal→
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  • Manslaughter→
  • accidental discharge of firearm→
  • causation in manslaughter→

• EGBERIKA V. STATE (2010)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Ibadan Division)

  Judgment date

  29 April 2009

  Summary of Egberika v. State (2010) detailing the issues of manslaughter and the role of circumstantial evidence in criminal law.

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  • Burden of proof in criminal cases→
  • Circumstantial evidence→
  • Criminal appeal→
  • Manslaughter→
  • Presumption of innocence→
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  • accidental discharge→
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• CHIEF FYNEFACE NNUNUKWE V. THE STATE (2002)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division

  Judgment date

  11 December 2002

  Summary of Chief Fyneface Nnunukwe v. The State (2002), discussing issues of evidence and the court's findings leading to acquittal.

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  • Acquittal and discharge→
  • Criminal appeal→
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  • Proof beyond reasonable doubt→
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  • murder under section 319(1) criminal code→
  • police duty to investigate alibi→