CONFESSIONAL STATEMENT UTILITY IN CRIMINAL TRIALS
ABSTRACT
The confessional statement of an accused person is of great evidential value in the dispensation of justice. It represents the most important and most frequently encountered exception to the rule against hearsay in criminal cases. The study scrutinizes the Confessional Statement Utility in Criminal Trials. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out as follows to assess the Admissibility Confessional Statement and the attitude of the Judiciary, find out the factors that makes the confessional statement inadmissible and irrelevant, and examine the voluntariness and retraction of a confessional statement as well as confessions of other offences in Criminal Trials. A confession is a species of admission. When in the course of an investigation into a criminal offence, a suspect has made a statement to the police tending to show that he has committed that offence, the statement is known as a confession. Confession is governed by rules which assist the court in the administration of justice. This study will be of immense benefit to lawyers and other researchers who intend to know more on this study and can also be used by non-researchers to build more on their research work. This study contributes to knowledge and could serve as a guide for other study.
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Introduction
The term confession means a free and voluntary admission of guilt of a crime by an accused person. A Confession may also mean an out -of-court statement made by a suspect to the police in whom he voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently acknowledges that he committed or participated in the crime and which makes it clear that there is no defence in law that would make his conduct lawful. In his brilliant contributions to what a confession is, Professor Nokes7 in his book titled, An Introduction to Evidence finds no difference between “admissions” and “confessions” saying the terms can sometimes be used in interchangeably.
As a prelude to other parts of this study, this chapter will discuss the background upon which this study was initiated, the statement of problems that led to this study, the Aim and Objectives of the study. Others are Significance of the study, Scope of work, Research hypothesis and questions, Limitations of the Study and Definition of technical terms.
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
The review of relevant literature is the main topic of this chapter. A literature review covers theoretical and methodological contributions to a certain issue in addition to the state of knowledge at the time of writing. It provides information about the state of the art in relation to the subject you are writing about. It examines the body of work on the chosen subject. The literature evaluation in this study comprises the …
Procedure for Downloading the PDF (Docx) Material
Confessional Statement Utility in Criminal Trials can be downloaded by requesting the full set of materials at the project or seminar cost. The document will be sent via Microsoft Word (MS-Word) format via WhatsApp (e-mail) following payment confirmation.
| Seminar Material Cost ₦3,000 | Project Material Cost ₦5,000 |
Request Complete Material
 | Click here to request the Complete Material via WhatsApp including;
|
Disclaimer for Complete Material Utilization
The displayed research work titled "Confessional Statement Utility in Criminal Trials" is stated as a research guideline towards accomplishing your assigned project / seminar research work. All the research materials on this website are ONLY for research purposes and should be used as a guideline in developing your research work. For no reason should you copy word for word as projectlist.com.ng will not be liable for any who copied the material. By ordering the complete research guideline, it signifies that you've accepted our terms of service.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Can the material for “Evaluation of the Plantar Arch Index and the Proportion of Flat Feet Among Inhabitants” be used as a guide for Anatomy Project?
Yes it can be used — The study was carried out to evaluate the Plantar Arch Index and the Proportion of Flat Feet among Inhabitants using Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State as a case study. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out to know the lower limb disorders that affect pes planus among residents and determine the prevalence of pes planus among residents in the study area. Flat foot results from collapse of the arches of the foot. The research design used in this report is descriptive design, utilizing questionnaire method to obtain information from the respondents for this project. A total of 150 (one hundred and fifty) respondents were selected for this study to represent the entire population …
Can this topic “The Role of Banking Institutions in Economic Development” be used for Business Administration and Management (BAM) Project?
Yes it can be utilized for research — The title of this project is “The Role of Banking Institution in Economic Development of Akwa Ibom State” (A Case of Study of Oceanic Bank Plc). To aid the study, eight research question were formulated. Data were collected and analysed. From the findings of the study, it was sufficiently gathered that in Akwa Ibom State, one man business flourishes because of mutual distrust. It was concluded that 70%, infact virtually every businessman of worth in the state relies on government patronage, put differently, there exist a relationship between the flow of government contract and the wealth of this class of businessman. Reveal also was that conditions imposed by the finance houses usually scaring, it frightened away the small-scale businessman from …
Can the material for “Evaluation of Financial Problems and Prospects of Privatization in the Nigeria Economy” be used as a guide for Banking and Finance (BF) Project?
Yes it can be used — This work is designed to find out the financial problems and prospects of privatization in Nigeria, a case study of Nigeria Breweries Plc. The work therefore covers the background, significance and objectives of the study in chapter one. Which chapter two views issues dating to literature and tried to highlights it’s concepts and inceptions of privatization in Nigeria. Chapter three shows the research design and methodology and pointed out the area of the study, the population, determination of sample size and locations where the data was found. A random sampling was used for selecting research sample and questionnaires administration. Primary and secondary sources of data were used. The primary sources is form the questionnaire administration which the secondary sources are from text-books, …
Can the material for “Organizational Reward System and Its Impact on the Productivity of Staff” be used as a guide for Business Administration and Management (BAM) Project?
Yes it can be used — People entering organization go into these organizations with a lot of expectation in mind. In most cases, they want good salary and other rewards or benefits if they are to be retained in the organization. These rewards include opportunity for advancement, job security, efficient medical services, pension scheme, credit for work you do –recognition, transport, and housing, good working conditions among others. When these rewards appear adequate and meet the expectations of staff they are retained but where they feel that the reward system is not satisfactory they try to leave the organization, far better prospects elsewhere. Apart from its ability to retain the staff, good reward system is also capable of motivating them to put in their best in the performance …
Can the material for “Antimicrobial Properties of Chlorine and Alcohol Disinfectants” be used as a guide for Microbiology Project?
Yes it can be used — This study was carried out on the antimicrobial properties of chlorine and alcohol disinfectants. Disinfectant solutions were pre-pared according to manufacturers’ instructions and tested against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213,Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853,Streptococcus mutans NCTC1044,Candida albicans ATCC 90028, Bacillus subtilis ATCC15244 spores, Mycobacterium tuberculosis ATCC 25177, My-cobacteriumavium subsp. avium ATCC 25291 and HepatitisB virus using the Standard quantitative suspension test. The shelf-lives of the disinfectants were also determined. The results showed that both disinfectants killed all the test organisms within 30 seconds. B. subtilis spores were killed in 2 and2.5 minutes by chlorine dioxide and sodium dichloroisocya-nurate respectively. When diluted solutions of these disinfectants were stored in screw cap bottles, they retained their activity for at least 30 days. The study …
Can the material for “Design and Implementation of a Computerized Processing of Students Result and Grading Criteria” be used as a guide for Computer Science (CS) Project?
Yes it can be used — The computerized student result grading is the techniques of making a device, machine process to automatically generate result based on input data. The aim of the study is to Design and Implement a Computerized Processing of Students Result and Grading Criteria using Computer Science Dept, Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri as a case study. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out as follows to develop an application software that will identify the existing problems and the system required as to surface with relevant facts that will be of help in the design of a computer based and assist management in the computation and preparation of a computer based package for student's grade point. The motivation that led …
Can the material for “Privatization of Public Enterprises and Its Implication on Economic Policy and Development” be used as a guide for Public Administration (PA) Project?
Yes it can be used — The research was on privatization or public enterprise and its implication in economic policy and development of Cross River State. Data were collected primarily through the use of questionnaire and secondarily source through the reviews of relevant academic materials. The data collected were used to test the hypothesis and the result of finding revealed that, there is significant relationship between corruption and dishonest practice of staff. The study recommended that for public enterprise to meet the people’s expectations, the government should play a giant role of pumping more money into the enterprise the staff must be trained of perform their responsibilities, corruption must be reduced to its bearest minimum and management capacities of the government must be increased through further …
Can the material for “Factors Affecting Investment in Nigeria” be used as a guide for Economics Project?
Yes it can be used — In recent times, there has been growing concern about the rising but volatile rate of investments in Nigeria. Thus concern stem from the fact that investment plays a dominant role in stimulating growth. The study buttress on the overview and empirical analyses into the determinant of investment in Nigeria in other to achieve the objective hypotheses which was stated with the purpose of achieving current and future stable and upswing of investment by readdressing problems of investment, as highlighted in the statement of problem. The study used investment as dependent variable and interest rate, inflation, foreign direct investment, degree of trade openness, gross domestic product, and money supply as independent variable. In analyzing the data, economic model of multiple regression using …
Is the topic “An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Common Stock Prices and the Supply of Money in Nigeria” recommended for Economics Project?
Yes it is highly recommended — This research report, carry out an investigation into the relationship between common stock prices and the supply of money in Nigeria. Various early studies provide conflict results as to the relationship between common stock prices and the supply of money, while some study have found an important linkage between the level of common stock prices and the money supply. This research in this study reveals that there is a strong positive relationship between common stock price and the supply of money that means the supply of money play a considerable role in the determination of the common stock prices. …
Can the material for “The Role of the Financial Investors in Housing Provisioning in Nigeria” be used as a guide for Environmental Science Project?
Yes it can be used — Housing plays a key role in the socio-economic development of every country but unfortunately, housing supply worldwide has not been able to meet demand. The inadequate housing is one of the biggest challenges facing both developed and developing countries today with finance being a crucial factor. The financial Investors is the largest housing supply system but has not been able to meet the increasing demand partly as a result of the inadequate and ineffective financial mechanisms for financing housing in the country. The study therefore investigated the major finance mechanisms used by the financial Investors and factors which hinder their access to formal credit facilities. It also made suggestions to improve access to credit facilities to the financial Investors to …