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DEFENCE - WHETHER COURTS CAN INTERFERE WITH THE LINE OF DEFENCE AN ACCUSED PERSON SHOULD PLEAD IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

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"The choice of line of defence to plead in any criminal proceeding, as Karibi-Whyte, JCA (as he then was) stated in Gwonto v. The State (1982) 1 NCR 251 at 265, is entirely within the discretion of the accused person, and his counsel. No court interferes, or can interfere, with that discretion".
 
PER E. EKO, J.S.C IN THE CASE OF AKINYEDE OLAIYA V THE STATE;LEGALPEDIA CITATION: LER[2017]SC.562/2014


   
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