The facts of the case briefly are that the appellant, in the night of the incident for which he was charged, went to the house of a woman, in an apparently drunken mood and started knocking at the door to be opened unto him. The woman Sarah Abba alias Mama Friday, who was one of the several tenants in the premises however did not open her door to the appellant. The appellant persisted in his knocks, which attracted the attention of the deceased who was the landlord of the premises. The landlord, Osuagwu Obudike, came out of his room and confronted the appellant to leave the premises. The appellant refused. A fight apparently ensued between the deceased and the appellant who used his knife on the deceased. The deceased was taken to the hospital where he later died. As the appellant tried to run away he was caught by the people present at the scene, tied his hands and feet and took him to the police station in a wheelbarrow. The knife (a dagger) which he used on the deceased was retrieved from him and handed to the police. The appellant was tried in the High Court of Awka judicial Division where on the 16th day of June, 1995 he was found guilty by Ezeani J. and sentenced according to law. Against this conviction and sentence, the appellant has appealed to this court