CRIMINAL LITIGATION - PRESENTATION OF THE CASE OF THE DEFENSE (NEWEST 2025/2026 UPDATE) COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS | 100% CORRECT | GRADED A

CRIMINAL LITIGATION - PRESENTATION OF THE CASE OF THE DEFENSE (NEWEST 2025/2026 UPDATE) COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS | 100% CORRECT | GRADED A Quiz_________________? Options available to the Defendant at the Close of Case for Prosecution? - Answer☑️ 1. No case submission 2. Rest his case on the case of the prosecution 3. Enter his defence Quiz_________________? relevant statutory provisions on no case submission - Answer☑️ • Section 302 & 303 of the ACJA 2015; • Section 239(1) ACJL Lagos, 2015 • Section 303 & 304 ACJL Kano, 2019 Quiz_________________? What is No Case Submission? - Answer☑️ It is a term in the criminal law whereby a defendant seeks acquittal without having to present a defence, because of the insufficiency of the prosecution's case. That there is no prima facie case in existence. See: IGP v. Sonoma (2021) Quiz_________________? When may No Case Submission be made? - Answer☑️ At the close of the prosecution's case and not before. It cannot also be on appeal. Quiz_________________? Grounds upon which no Case Submission may be made - Answer☑️ 1. Failed to establish a prima facie case: where there has been no evidence to prove an essential ingredient/elements of the alleged offence 2. Where the evidence adduced by the prosecution has been so discredited as a result of cross examination 3. Where the evidence is so manifestly unreliable that no reasonable court/tribunal could safely convict on it; 4. There is no evidence linking the defendant to the commission of the crime. See S.303 (3) (a-e) ACJA Quiz_________________? Can a ruling on application of no case submission be stayed? - Answer☑️ It cannot be stayed. See: Ekuwunugo v. FRN Quiz_________________? How is no case submission made - Answer☑️ At magistrate it is an oral application At the High court : it is to be done through a written submission or it could be taken orally. If the court does not intend to take it orally it would inform the defence to put it in writing. Note: Written submission is not a motion. More like a written address where you break down the facts and relevant laws telling the court why it should dismiss the case at that point. Quiz_________________? Does the defendant need to call a witness for no case submission? - Answer☑️ NO Quiz_________________? What the court is not concerned with during No-Case Submission - Answer☑️ The court isn't looking at the weight or credibility of the witness. What they're looking at is whether a prima facie case has been made against the defendant.