Sentences with phrase «charges against the accused persons»

At the resumed hearing, Rotimi Oyedepo, the prosecution counsel, informed the court that the commission had amended the charges against the accused persons.

I hold that the prosecution has proved all the ingredients of each of the heads of charge against the accused persons thereby raising presumption of guilt against them in respect of all the heads of charge.

«The police have submitted their report to higher authorities and are awaiting further directives; we believe the ICPC will file charges against the accused persons and we pray they will carry out the prosecution diligently because we have given them a water - tight report.»

Not exact matches

He revealed that the State Ministry of Justice had filed charges in the High Court against the accused persons and we stand by the pending charges and the trial process already lawfully initiated in Ilorin.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Friday, challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh to court if the commission was sure of evidences of fraud against him, saying «the EFCC appears to be operating a system in which an accused person is first arrested, detained endlessly while the anti-corruption agency goes about looking for evidence.»

He said the accused person must be physically present to face the criminal charges against him.

Provisional charge of murder has been preferred against the seven persons accused of lynching and burning a Ghanaian military officer.They have been remanded into Police custody to allow investigators delve into the case.

The State Ministry of Justice had in fact filed charges in the High Court against the accused persons and we stand by the pending charges and the trial process already lawfully initiated in Ilorin.

This came after the ammendment of the 24 count charge earlier preferred against the accused persons by the EFCC.

Meanwhile, the accused person who has no legal representative pleaded not guilty to all the count charges preferred against him.

How come that charges leveled against an accused person are leaked to the media even before they are filed in court?

The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charges brought against him and in view of this, counsel to the accused, Solomon E. Umoh (SAN), via an oral application, sought the relief of the court to grant his client bail based on self - recognition.

In his ruling on the applications, Justice Kolawole granted bail to the accused persons, saying the charges instituted against them were all bailable.

One reason to aggressively defend yourself against allegations of child abuse is that once a charge has been made, your name may be entered into the TRAILS database, a government database that tracks people accused of child abuse.

The reason that there were almost three times as many people accused as there were cases is that the law expressly authorizes a wife (but not a husband) to ask the police to bring charges against all of the relatives of her husband who may have participated in the alleged acts of cruelty.

Only the prosecution can decide what charges are made against an accused person.

Rather they must furnish to an accused all relevant and readily available evidence so that an accused person will know the nature of the charges against him and the details of the case to be presented against him / her if he later elects to proceed to trial.

I have successfully defended many persons accused of sexual offences such as sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual exploitation and internet luring and am committed to providing a thorough and vigorous defence against charges of sexual assault.

The more manageable the conditions of bail are, the easier it is for an accused person to maintain their composure while fighting against criminal charges.

The accuseds» lawyers are arguing that some of the charges against their clients violate sex workers» constitutional right to security of the person.

The ability to discern right from wrong, and the ability to see the full extent of unlawful activity, is what makes us so capable of defending people accused of crimes, many of whom, like our new colleague, are found guilty of the charges against them.

Police recommend charges against 11 people accused of drug trafficking in Vancouver, Canadian Press

If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the protection of the Fourth Amendment declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution... The tendency of those who execute the criminal laws of the country to obtain conviction by means of unlawful seizures and enforced confessions, the latter often obtained after subjecting accused persons to unwarranted practices destructive of rights secured by the Federal Constitution, should find no sanction in the judgments of the courts which are charged at all times with the support of the Constitution and to which people of all conditions have a right to appeal for the maintenance of such fundamental rights.