Nigerian Law School Criminal Litigation Summarized Note

40 PAGES (16626 WORDS) Criminology Study/Lesson Note

Note:
Special focus on ACJA and ACJL being most notorious and current.
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL LITIGATION.
:: INTRODUCTION / OVERVIEW / SCOPE OF CRIMINAL LITIGATION. Criminal
Litigation encompasses from the moment a complaint is made, to arrest, arraignment,
obtaining of evidence, constitutional safeguards, trial, judgment, appeal, prerogative of
mercy.
:: COMPARISON OF THE RULES AND LAWS APPLICABLE IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF NIGERIA. PREFERABLY TABULAR.
:: SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LITIGATION.
- Principal Enactments: CPA and CPCA (which have been domesticated into) CPL of
Various Southern States, CPCL of various Northern States, ACJ (Repeal and Reenactment)
Law of Lagos 2011, ACJA 2015 (for FCT and Federal Crimes Enactments).
- Secondary Enactments: include the CFRN 1999, Court Laws and Rules (Magistrate,