CaseLaw
Onyia V.State (2008) CLR 12(a) (SC)
Judgement delivered on December 5th 2008
Brief
Facts
This is a further appeal to the Supreme Court by the Appellant against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division delivered on the 7th December, 2005 in which that Court affirmed the conviction and sentence of death passed on the Appellant by Imo State High Court sitting in Umuahia on the 18th December, 1987.
The Appellant was charged in High Court of Imo State with the murder of one Ugwuochi Amadiegwu, contrary to Section 219(1) of the Criminal Code Cap.30 of the Laws of Eastern Nigeria 1963 applicable in Imo State. The simple fact of the case was that the Appellant on the 18th December, 1980 stabbed the deceased with a dagger resulting in his death.
The learned trial Judge found the Appellant guilty. He convicted him for murder.
Aggrieved by the decision of the learned trial Judge, the Appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal.
Further aggrieved, the Appellant appealed to the Supreme Court.
Issues
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