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Pedro V. State (2018) CLR 5(b) (SC)

Judgement delivered on May 11th 2018

Brief

  • Confessional statement
  • Identification parade
  • Armed robbery
  • Concurrent finding of fact
  • Section 1(2) (a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act 2OO4
  • Section 135 (1) of Evidence Act, 2011
  • Section 135 (2) of Evidence Act, 2011
  • Section 135 (3) of Evidence Act, 2011

Facts

This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal Akure Division or lower Court or Court below, Coram: Mojeed A. Owoade, Mohammed A. Danjuma and James Shehu Abiriyi JCA delivered on 20th day of March 2015 which dismissed the appeal against the judgment of Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure by O. O. Akeredolu J (as he then was) on the 9th of July, 2013 and upheld the conviction and sentence of the appellant to death by hanging.

The background facts of the appeal are set out hereunder, viz:.

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