1 Jan 1900
FRANKLIN OKOROCHA CHIBUIKE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
- Citation
- B-05(M)-350-07/2018 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
- Court
- M
- Case number
- B-05(M)-350-07/2018 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Conviction unsafe because the trial judge materially misdirected himself by mis-evaluating forensic provenance (DNA seized from a different room), failing to consider the appellant's cautioned statement D48 as required, and misapplying statutory presumptions (invoking s.37(da) without lawful proof of possession and confusing burdens). Those errors cumulatively deprived the appellant of a fair determination; appeal allowed and conviction quashed with acquittal and discharge.