KONKOMBA v. THE REPUBLIC [1967] GLR 717-723

Criminal law and procedure—Evidence—Admissibility—Medical reports—Evidence relating to nature or extent of injuries suffered by any living or dead person to be tendered viva voce in a criminal trial in a court other than district court—Viva voce evidence affording right of cross-examination to person against whom evidence tendered—Post-mortem report admitted in evidence by trial judge without pathologist being called—Post-mortem report must be excluded as inadmissible—Effect of exclusion on conviction for murder where clear evidence that death of deceased caused by convict—Medical reports specifying injuries to persons not intended to be covered under section 121 (1) of Act 30—Provisions of sections 121 (2) applicable only to district court—Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30), s. 121 (1) and (2).

