PRACTICE NOTE: STATE v. AHOLO [1961] GLR 626
30 October 1961 · VAN LARE JSC · ≈ 1 min read
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DIVISION: SUPREME COURT
DATE: 30TH OCTOBER, 1961
BEFORE: VAN LARE J.S.C.
JUDGMENT OF VAN LARE J.S.C.
A conviction can quite properly be based entirely on the evidence of a confession by a prisoner, and such evidence is sufficient as long as the trial judge, as in this case, enquired most carefully into the
circumstances in which the alleged confession was made and was satisfied of its genuineness—see R.
v. Omokaro (1941) 7 W.A.C.A. 146, which cites the case of R. v. Walter Sykes (1913) 8 Cr. App. R. 233.
(State v. Mawuku Aholo. Joint judgment of van Lare, Sarkodee-Adoo and Crabbe, JJ.S.C. delivered by van Lare, J.S.C.)
