WHAT IS A TRIAL-WITHIN-A-TRIAL?

A TRIAL-WITHIN-A-TRIAL is a kind of mini proceedings in a criminal case trial, mini proceedings which are intended to determine the admissibility of a confession or a pointing-out alleged to have been made by the accused. It so often happens that when a suspect is arrested by the police, he or she makes a confession […]

DO LAWYERS LIE TO DEFEND A CLIENT?

THE QUICK ANSWER IS: Just the opposite — if a lawyer were to lie on behalf of a client, the lawyer would be running the risk of being struck off the roll. In other words, the lawyer would risk being disbarred from practising as a lawyer. The above short paragraph begs the question: If we […]

RECENT CRIMINAL CASES WON WITH AN ACQUITTAL

CASE NAME: CASE NO: COURT: DATE: State vs Petersen BDRC/192/2021 BLUE DOWNS Regional Court April 23, 2024 State vs Mngxuma SHD/118/2020 WYNBERG Regional Court November 3, 2023 State vs Seqapotsa SHD/75/2022 WYNBERG Regional Court August 2, 2023 State vs Juries SSB/163/2023 STELLENBOSCH Regional Court December 3, 2024 State vs Davids SSD/55/2019 STRAND Regional Court May […]