Sentences with phrase «court as a prosecution witness»

I'm surprised my bosom friend Agyepong left me to my fate — Afoko Paul Afoko, has said that he was surprised his comrade, Kwabena Agyapong, abandoned him in court as prosecution witness in his case with the party.

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In addition, the court held that the police counsel could not convince it as to how the defendant is likely to influence prosecution witnesses in the cause of his trial if released on bail.

Mr. Agyepong, was billed to appear in court last Thursday as a prosecution witness for Mr. Afoko, but many who attended the hearing, were disappointed to learn that the former, had declined to attend the proceeding.

The witness, who testified as the fifth prosecution witness, PW - 5, said the N77.5 million was paid to the PR firm through the bank account of Metuh's company, Destra Investment Limited, which is the second defendant before the court.

Chogah, the second prosecution witness, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that as cashier of the Government House, he was directed by his boss, Aluga, the third defendant, to collect a remittance of N450 million.

The two statements of the witness to the police were also tendered as exhibits before the court, despite the objection by the prosecution counsel.

The ruling requires prosecutors to actively seek and turn over to defense attorneys any information — known as Giglio material, after a Supreme Court case by that name — that might be used to attack the credibility of prosecution witnesses.

He said that the prosecution wanted the witnesses to be known to the public by acronyms such as «xyz» and that only the court would know the true identity and name of each witness.

The Accra High Court put on hold proceedings following an application by defense lawyers seeking to have the prosecution make known all witnesses they will be relying on, and also make available all the documents it intends to tender as evidence.

As the Dasukigate unfold, the ongoing trial of former Chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja suffered another setback on Tuesday following the absence of prosecution witness.

The leader of the prosecution defence, Tayo Olukotun, lamented that the defence counsel's cross examination of the witnesses was ambiguous as it went outside the statement made by Ennah and was admitted by the court as exhibit.

The application was opposed by the prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, who argued that the request of the defence is unnecessary as the defendant (Metuh) is in court as a credible witness and can testify.

The court took the defense to task over diversionary tactics, such as demanding a list of a prosecution witness's published articles for the last decade and the witness's compensation, as the «legal equivalent of Obi - Wan Kenobi's «These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Concerning, prosecution argument (iii), Bingham f lags up his concerns that the criminal courts have sadly slid down the slippery slope to the point where, as here, witnesses can give anonymous evidence, with the assistance of excessively draconian «protective measures», which cumulatively consign the defendant's right to a fair trial, to the legal dustbin, «by a series of small steps, largely unobjectionable on their own facts, the courts have arrived at a position which is irreconcilable with long - standing principle.»

A direction to a defendant charged with criminal damage that he serve on the prosecution the full names, dates of birth and addresses of all defence witnesses who were to be called at trial, before he indicated his defence, has been quashed by the court, as breaching both litigation privilege and legal professional privilege.

The solution to the problem of patent trolls is as simple as it is difficult to implement; more rigorous examination of patent applications, clarification and limitations of claims during prosecution, and increased use by the courts themselves (rather than the parties in litigation) of expert witnesses who can inform the court of the state of the art, and what implied limitations of the original invention should be considered by the court.

Obtained statements for prosecution of offenders and appeared in court as witness.

Forensic anthropologists can serve as witnesses in a law court to testify for or against a prosecution.