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IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE: Meaning of identification evidence and what a Court should do when confronted with it

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"Identification evidence is evidence tending to show that the person charged with an offence is the same as the person who was shown committing the offence. Where a trial Court is faced with identification, it should be satisfied that the evidence of identification establishes the guilt of the accused person beyond reasonable doubt. See IHEONUNEKWU NDUKWE VS. THE STATE (2009) 2 - 3 SC (PT. II) 35. Furthermore it was held by the Supreme Court in the case of SAMUEL BOZIN VS. THE STATE (1985) 7 SC 450 that failure of a witness to mention the name of an accused person who is known to them and allegedly robbed them at the first opportunity casts a grave doubt on their evidence."

 

Per OSEJI, J.C.A. IN STATE v. ATETE CITATION: (2017) LPELR-43591(CA)



   
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