Defence evidence in Ghana case law.

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Presenting the defence to the jury

The well-established principle is simply this: that the prisoner’s defence must be adequately placed before the jury, that is to say, the jury must have been reminded of the general nature of the defence and so long as the real nature of the defence has been explained, a Court of Appeal will not interfere merely because particular points have not received the emphasis or attention that the defence would like.

ATIEMO v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE [1963] 1 GLR 117 [1963] SLR (SC) 13 · Supreme Court · 1963 · ADUMUA-BOSSMAN JSC

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