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In Chiroma v State(2025)LPELR-82091(SC)Ogbuinya, JSC, held inter alia:“….In the hemisphere of criminology in our corpus juris, CULPABLE HOMICIDE is a heinous crime. Its penalty, on conviction, is death, which usually dangles like the sword of Damocles...over an accused person. The punishment is mandatory, and the Court is disrobed of any exercise of discretion.

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In Chiroma v State(2025)LPELR-82091(SC)Ogbuinya, JSC, held inter alia:“….In the hemisphere of crimin...

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AOJ LAW LOUNGE: per Obande Festus Ogbuinya, JCA (now JSC), the Court of Appeal held that “…status quo ante bellum is the state/situation of things/affairs that existed before the something else, the case/controversy, occurred”. In Ayorinde v AG and Commissioner for Justice, Oyo State & Ors (1996) LPELR-685(SC) per...