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| Abdullah Sheriff et al v. Republic of Liberia (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2025 Opinions, consent and withdrawal, corroboration, Criminal Appeal, criminal conspiracy, evidentiary contradictions, involuntary sodomy, Liberia Penal Law, rape law, right to privacy, sentencing modification, sexual assault, SGBV, standard of proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tubmanburg Bomi County | abdullah-sheriff-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions consent-and-withdrawal corroboration criminal-appeal criminal-conspiracy evidentiary-contradictions involuntary-sodomy liberia-penal-law rape-law right-to-privacy sentencing-modification sexual-assault sgbv standard-of-proof supreme-court-of-liberia tubmanburg-bomi-county | 2025-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Alfred v RL LRSC 19; 33 LLR 87 (1985) | 1985, Criminal Law | 1985 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, domestic violence, homicide, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Montserrado County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, provocation, reasonable doubt, reduction of sentence, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary manslaughter | alfred-v-rl-lrsc-19-33-llr-87-1985 | 1985-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-assizes criminal-law domestic-violence homicide malice-aforethought manslaughter montserrado-county murder presumption-of-innocence provocation reasonable-doubt reduction-of-sentence supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-manslaughter | 1985-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Anderson v RL LRSC 26; 27 LLR 67 (1978) | 1978, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1978 Opinions, abuse of discretion, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, coerced confession, confession evidence, constitutional criminal protections, constitutional rights, contempt threat to counsel, criminal investigation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, defendant testimony, Due Process, evidentiary objections, evidentiary rulings, excessive peremptory challenges, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, impartial trial, indictment, involuntary confession, involuntary statements, joint defendants, judicial misconduct, judicial partiality, juror disqualification, jury prejudice, jury selection, Maryland County, murder, new trial, peremptory challenges, prosecutorial conduct, province of the jury, public officials, reversal and remand, Reversible Error, right to counsel, self-incrimination, sensational murder case, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial judge bias, voluntary confession, witness examination | anderson-v-rl-lrsc-26-27-llr-67-1978 | 1978-opinions abuse-of-discretion admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review coerced-confession confession-evidence constitutional-criminal-protections constitutional-rights contempt-threat-to-counsel criminal-investigation criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination defendant-testimony due-process evidentiary-objections evidentiary-rulings excessive-peremptory-challenges fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit impartial-trial indictment involuntary-confession involuntary-statements joint-defendants judicial-misconduct judicial-partiality juror-disqualification jury-prejudice jury-selection maryland-county murder new-trial peremptory-challenges prosecutorial-conduct province-of-the-jury public-officials reversal-and-remand reversible-error right-to-counsel self-incrimination sensational-murder-case supreme-court-of-liberia trial-judge-bias voluntary-confession witness-examination | 1978-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Anderson v RL LRSC 55; 36 LLR 609 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law | 1989 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, dismissal of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, mandate to trial court, notice of withdrawal, Republic of Liberia, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of appeal | anderson-v-rl-lrsc-55-36-llr-609-1989 | 1989-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appellate-procedure criminal-law dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment mandate-to-trial-court notice-of-withdrawal republic-of-liberia supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-appeal | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Anderson v RL LRSC 55; 36 LLR 609 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law | 1989 Opinions, appellate procedure, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, judgment without opinion, procedural disposition, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court mandate, withdrawal of appeal | anderson-v-rl-lrsc-55-36-llr-609-1989 | 1989-opinions appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-law judgment-without-opinion procedural-disposition supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-mandate withdrawal-of-appeal | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Appleton v RL LRSC 31; 23 LLR 109 (1974) | 1974, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, National Security Law | 1974 Opinions, Abuse of Office, Appellate Review, Assistant County Attorney, bias, border control, county inspector, Criminal Law, customs enforcement, discharge without day, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to charge an offense, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, improper jury argument, indictment, inflammatory remarks, judicial neutrality, justice of the peace, law license requirement, malfeasance, Maryland County, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, no adverse inference, official duties, official misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, public officers, Public Policy, Reversal, right to remain silent, seizure of goods, sufficiency of indictment, Sunday Collins, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized practice of law, unlawful authorization, verdict contrary to the evidence. | appleton-v-rl-lrsc-31-23-llr-109-1974 | 1974-opinions abuse-of-office appellate-review assistant-county-attorney bias border-control county-inspector criminal-law customs-enforcement discharge-without-day evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-charge-an-offense fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit improper-jury-argument indictment inflammatory-remarks judicial-neutrality justice-of-the-peace law-license-requirement malfeasance maryland-county motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment no-adverse-inference official-duties official-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct public-officers public-policy reversal right-to-remain-silent seizure-of-goods sufficiency-of-indictment sunday-collins supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-practice-of-law unlawful-authorization verdict-contrary-to-the-evidence | 1974-1 commercial-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases national-security-law supreme-court | |
| Bah v RL LRSC 42; 36 LLR 541 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1989 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, defective indictment, Due Process, grand jury, indictment, Jurisdiction, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, motion in arrest of judgment, nullity of judgment, presentment in open court, Presumption of Innocence, Restitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance between indictment and proof | bah-v-rl-lrsc-42-36-llr-541-1989 | 1989-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule criminal-court-c criminal-law criminal-procedure defective-indictment due-process grand-jury indictment jurisdiction misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county motion-in-arrest-of-judgment nullity-of-judgment presentment-in-open-court presumption-of-innocence restitution supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance-between-indictment-and-proof | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Banjoe v RL LRSC 48; 26 LLR 255 (1977) | 1977, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1977 Opinions, Appellate Review, autopsy requirement, best evidence rule, burden of proof, coroner’s inquest, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, Due Process, evidentiary proof, Expert Testimony, firearm evidence, First Judicial Circuit, homicide, indictment, lay witness, medical evidence, Montserrado County, murder, prosecutorial duty, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | banjoe-v-rl-lrsc-48-26-llr-255-1977 | 1977-opinions appellate-review autopsy-requirement best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof coroners-inquest corpus-delicti criminal-law due-process evidentiary-proof expert-testimony firearm-evidence first-judicial-circuit homicide indictment lay-witness medical-evidence montserrado-county murder prosecutorial-duty reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | 1977-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Bar et al v RL LRSC 23; 29 LLR 572 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, Acquittal, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, judgment without opinion, mandate to lower court, Solicitor General, State prosecution, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of proceedings | bar-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-23-29-llr-572-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution acquittal appellate-procedure criminal-law discharge-of-defendant judgment-without-opinion mandate-to-lower-court solicitor-general state-prosecution supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-proceedings | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Barway et al. v. Republic of Liberia (2016) | 2016, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | Accomplice Testimony, Arson, AU Convention on Mercenarism, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Cavalla River, Confession & Miranda, Consolidation & Severance, Côte d’Ivoire Conflict, Criminal Appeal, Evidence Law, Extradition, Grand Gedeh, International Law, Jurisdiction, Jury Tampering, Liberia Supreme Court, Life Imprisonment, Mercenarism, murder, Para attack, Prima Facie, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rape, Security & Public Order, Theft of Property, UNOCI, Zwedru | barway-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2016 | accomplice-testimony arson au-convention-on-mercenarism beyond-a-reasonable-doubt cavalla-river confession-miranda consolidation-severance cote-divoire-conflict criminal-appeal evidence-law extradition grand-gedeh international-law jurisdiction jury-tampering liberia-supreme-court life-imprisonment mercenarism murder para-attack prima-facie prosecutorial-misconduct rape security-public-order theft-of-property unoci zwedru | 2016-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Ben v RL [1983] LRSC 55_ 31 LLR 107 (1983) (6 July 1983) | Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1983 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, alibi, Appellate Review, autopsy, coroner’s inquest, coroner’s report, corpus delicti, corroboration, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, extra-judicial confession, indictment, judgment affirmed, jury instructions, murder, Nimba County, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia | 1983-opinions admissibility-of-evidence alibi appellate-review autopsy coroners-inquest coroners-report corpus-delicti corroboration criminal-law death-penalty extra-judicial-confession indictment judgment-affirmed jury-instructions murder nimba-county reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia | criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | ||
| Benson v. Roberts LRSC 4; 1 LLR 32 (1865) | 1865, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 1865 Opinions, Bill of Rights, constitutional interpretation, Court of Quarter Sessions, criminal prosecution, defamation, early Liberian jurisprudence., issue of fact, issue of law, judicial authority, jury instructions, libel, mixed questions of law and fact, Montserrado County, reputation, reversal of judgment, slander, Supreme Court of Liberia | benson-v-roberts-lrsc-4-1-llr-32-1865 | 1865-opinions bill-of-rights constitutional-interpretation court-of-quarter-sessions criminal-prosecution defamation early-liberian-jurisprudence issue-of-fact issue-of-law judicial-authority jury-instructions libel mixed-questions-of-law-and-fact montserrado-county reputation reversal-of-judgment slander supreme-court-of-liberia | 1865-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Bestman v Republic of Liberia LRSC 5 (2013) | 2013, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | Appellate Review, Article 21(h) Constitution of Liberia, corroboration of witnesses, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law Section 22.1, discharge of defendant, documentary evidence, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Verdict, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, motion for new trial, ownership of property, Penal Law Section 15.51, Presumption of Innocence, proforma invoice, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Restitution, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance in testimony, weight of the evidence | bestman-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-5-2013 | appellate-review article-21h-constitution-of-liberia corroboration-of-witnesses criminal-assizes-c criminal-law criminal-procedure-law-section-22-1 discharge-of-defendant documentary-evidence insufficiency-of-evidence jury-verdict monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-new-trial ownership-of-property penal-law-section-15-51 presumption-of-innocence proforma-invoice proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt restitution reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance-in-testimony weight-of-the-evidence | 2013-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Bility et al. v RL LRSC 18 (2015) | 2015, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2015 Opinions, Appellate Review, attempted theft of property, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Bushrod Island, circumstantial evidence, credibility of witnesses, criminal attempt, Criminal Law, deception, Due Process, emergency work order, evidentiary weight, indictment, intent, internal company policy, LPRC, Montserrado County, public corporation, reasonable doubt, sentencing, substantial step, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, trial without jury, waiver of jury trial, work request authorization | bility-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-18-2015 | 2015-opinions appellate-review attempted-theft-of-property best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof bushrod-island circumstantial-evidence credibility-of-witnesses criminal-attempt criminal-law deception due-process emergency-work-order evidentiary-weight indictment intent internal-company-policy lprc montserrado-county public-corporation reasonable-doubt sentencing substantial-step supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property trial-without-jury waiver-of-jury-trial work-request-authorization | 2015-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Blamo v RL LRSC 13; 17 LLR 232 (1966) | 1966, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1966 Opinions, abuse of judicial discretion, acquittal standard, admissibility of confession, adverse inference, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, Cavalla River, chain and restraint, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, constitutional rights of accused, contradictory evidence, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, custodial abuse, deliberation, denial of motion for new trial, discharge of defendant, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, exclusionary rule, extrajudicial confession, eyewitness testimony, failure of proof, failure to call key witness, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, homicide elements, improper bill of exceptions, improper investigation, indictment, insufficient evidence, involuntary confession, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, lack of corroboration, limitation on appellate review, malice aforethought, Maryland County, motion for new trial, murder, police coercion, premeditation, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, prosecutorial failure, reliability of evidence, reversal of conviction, Reversible Error, right against self-incrimination, Supreme Court of Liberia, tribal authority proceedings | blamo-v-rl-lrsc-13-17-llr-232-1966 | 1966-opinions abuse-of-judicial-discretion acquittal-standard admissibility-of-confession adverse-inference appellate-review best-evidence-rule bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof cavalla-river chain-and-restraint circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession constitutional-rights-of-accused contradictory-evidence corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law custodial-abuse deliberation denial-of-motion-for-new-trial discharge-of-defendant due-process evidentiary-insufficiency exclusionary-rule extrajudicial-confession eyewitness-testimony failure-of-proof failure-to-call-key-witness fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit homicide-elements improper-bill-of-exceptions improper-investigation indictment insufficient-evidence involuntary-confession jury-trial jury-verdict lack-of-corroboration limitation-on-appellate-review malice-aforethought maryland-county motion-for-new-trial murder police-coercion premeditation proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt prosecutorial-failure reliability-of-evidence reversal-of-conviction reversible-error right-against-self-incrimination supreme-court-of-liberia tribal-authority-proceedings | 1966-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Bolobo Man v RL LRSC 5; 21 LLR 423 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, adequate provocation, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, cause of death, coroner’s report, coroners jury, corpus delicti, criminal intent, Criminal Law, deadly weapon, domestic violence, evidentiary insufficiency, fists and feet as weapons, Fourth Judicial Circuit, heat of passion, homicide, indictment, intent, judgment modified to manslaughter., judgment reversed, Jury Verdict, kicking, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, mitigation, modification of judgment, modification of sentence, motion for new trial, murder, Penal Law, premeditation, provocation, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, sentencing, spousal homicide, sudden affray, Supreme Court of Liberia | bolobo-man-v-rl-lrsc-5-21-llr-423-1973 | 1973-opinions adequate-provocation appellate-review best-evidence-rule cause-of-death coroners-report coroners-jury corpus-delicti criminal-intent criminal-law deadly-weapon domestic-violence evidentiary-insufficiency fists-and-feet-as-weapons fourth-judicial-circuit heat-of-passion homicide indictment intent judgment-modified-to-manslaughter judgment-reversed jury-verdict kicking malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county mitigation modification-of-judgment modification-of-sentence motion-for-new-trial murder penal-law premeditation provocation reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction sentencing spousal-homicide sudden-affray supreme-court-of-liberia | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Browne et al v RL LRSC 5; 22 LLR 398 (1973) | 1973, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1974 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility of evidence, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, arrest without warrant, assassination plot, burden of proof, capital offense, circumstantial evidence, conspiracy, conspiracy against the State, constitutional law, constitutional safeguards, corroboration of evidence, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Dissenting Opinion, Due Process, elements of indictment, excessive punishment, feigned accomplice, First Judicial Circuit, habeas corpus, illegal detention, indictment sufficiency, interpretation of statute, judicial bias, jury selection, Montserrado County, notice of charges, overt act requirement, peremptory challenges, recusal of judge, right to speedy trial, safety of the nation, sedition, Statutory interpretation, supplemental venire, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason-related offenses, warrant requirement | browne-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-5-22-llr-398-1973 | 1974-opinions accomplice-testimony admissibility-of-evidence affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review arrest-without-warrant assassination-plot burden-of-proof capital-offense circumstantial-evidence conspiracy conspiracy-against-the-state constitutional-law constitutional-safeguards corroboration-of-evidence criminal-law death-penalty dissenting-opinion due-process elements-of-indictment excessive-punishment feigned-accomplice first-judicial-circuit habeas-corpus illegal-detention indictment-sufficiency interpretation-of-statute judicial-bias jury-selection montserrado-county notice-of-charges overt-act-requirement peremptory-challenges recusal-of-judge right-to-speedy-trial safety-of-the-nation sedition statutory-interpretation supplemental-venire supreme-court-of-liberia treason-related-offenses warrant-requirement | 1973-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Bryant v RL LRSC 82; 17 LLR 643 (1966) | 1966, Criminal Law | 1966 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, assault and battery, assault and battery with intent to do grievous bodily harm, assault and battery with intent to kill, conviction on lesser offense, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, dismissal of appeal, Final Judgment, First Judicial Circuit, indictment, Jury Verdict, lesser included offense, Montserrado County, procedural error, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance | bryant-v-rl-lrsc-82-17-llr-643-1966 | 1966-opinions appellate-jurisdiction assault-and-battery assault-and-battery-with-intent-to-do-grievous-bodily-harm assault-and-battery-with-intent-to-kill conviction-on-lesser-offense criminal-appeal criminal-law dismissal-of-appeal final-judgment first-judicial-circuit indictment jury-verdict lesser-included-offense montserrado-county procedural-error subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia variance | 1966-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Buway v. RL (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law | 2023 Opinions, alibi, alibi defense, anal penetration, Appellate Review, bench trial, burden of proof, child rape, circumstantial evidence, corroboration, credibility of witness, Criminal Assizes “E”, Criminal Law, direct evidence, first degree felony, hearsay, increase of sentence, Ministry of Justice, minor victim, modification of sentence, Montserrado County, Rape, sentencing, sexual violence, Supreme Court of Liberia | buway-v-rl-2023 | 2023-opinions alibi alibi-defense anal-penetration appellate-review bench-trial burden-of-proof child-rape circumstantial-evidence corroboration credibility-of-witness criminal-assizes-e criminal-law direct-evidence first-degree-felony hearsay increase-of-sentence ministry-of-justice minor-victim modification-of-sentence montserrado-county rape sentencing sexual-violence supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Byoung et al v. Government of Liberia (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2019 Opinions, administrative investigation, administrative investigation report, Appellate Review, burden of proof, City King Hotel, civil law, Civil Procedure Law, confiscation of money, constitutional law, counterfeit currency allegation, Damages for Wrong, David A.B. Jallah Committee, defamation, Due Process, evidentiary burden, findings of fact and conclusions of law, government liability, international investors, judgment during trial, Judicial Review, Montserrado County, motion for judgment during trial, National Security Agency (NSA), preponderance of evidence, presidential directive, principal-agent liability, rebuttable presumption, remand for new trial, Section 26.2, Section 26.2 Civil Procedure Law, seizure of property, shifting burden of production, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, unlawful arrest, unlawful detention, vicarious liability | byoung-et-al-v-government-of-liberia-2019 | 2019-opinions administrative-investigation administrative-investigation-report appellate-review burden-of-proof city-king-hotel civil-law civil-procedure-law confiscation-of-money constitutional-law counterfeit-currency-allegation damages-for-wrong david-a-b-jallah-committee defamation due-process evidentiary-burden findings-of-fact-and-conclusions-of-law government-liability international-investors judgment-during-trial judicial-review montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-during-trial national-security-agency-nsa preponderance-of-evidence presidential-directive principal-agent-liability rebuttable-presumption remand-for-new-trial section-26-2 section-26-2-civil-procedure-law seizure-of-property shifting-burden-of-production supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law unlawful-arrest unlawful-detention vicarious-liability | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Cee v RL LRSC 4; 36 LLR 151 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1989 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Grand Bassa County, indictment sufficiency, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, trial court jurisdiction | cee-v-rl-lrsc-4-36-llr-151-1989 | 1989-opinions appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-law criminal-procedure grand-bassa-county indictment-sufficiency motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-law supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property trial-court-jurisdiction | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Chelly et al v RL et al LRSC 39; 39 LLR 735 (1999) | 1999, Criminal Law | 1999 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, criminal appeals, Criminal Law, Judicial Review, Montserrado County, notice of withdrawal, Procedural Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason, trial irregularities, withdrawal of appeal | 1999-opinions appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-appeals criminal-law judicial-review montserrado-county notice-of-withdrawal procedural-law supreme-court-of-liberia treason trial-irregularities withdrawal-of-appeal | 1999-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | ||
| Clark et al. v Clinton Johnson et al. LRSC 34 (2015) | 2015, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, Article 11(c), Article 21(f), constitutional law, constitutionality of statute, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure Law, dismissal of complaint, Due Process, extraordinary writ, extraordinary writs, judicial duty, Jurisdiction, magisterial court jurisdiction, magisterial courts, mandamus, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, Nolle Prosequi, onstitutional law, petition for writ of mandamus, preliminary examination, preventive detention, prolonged detention, Prosecutorial Discretion, Rape, right to be heard, right to hearing, Section 25.3(a), sexual offenses, speedy trial, Statutory interpretation, statutory rape, superseding statute, Supreme Court of Liberia, West Point Magisterial Court, writ of mandamus | clark-et-al-v-clinton-johnson-et-al-lrsc-34-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review article-11c article-21f constitutional-law constitutionality-of-statute criminal-court-e criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-law dismissal-of-complaint due-process extraordinary-writ extraordinary-writs judicial-duty jurisdiction magisterial-court-jurisdiction magisterial-courts mandamus ministry-of-justice monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county nolle-prosequi onstitutional-law petition-for-writ-of-mandamus preliminary-examination preventive-detention prolonged-detention prosecutorial-discretion rape right-to-be-heard right-to-hearing section-25-3a sexual-offenses speedy-trial statutory-interpretation statutory-rape superseding-statute supreme-court-of-liberia west-point-magisterial-court writ-of-mandamus | 2015-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Coleman v RL LRSC 10; 18 LLR 70 (1967) | 1967, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1967 Opinions, affidavit in opposition, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, approval by trial judge, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, clerk of court, computation of time, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dismissal of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to file within statutory period, filing deadline, filing requirements, First Judicial Circuit, grand larceny, Hitler Coleman, insufficiency of evidence, jurisdiction of appellate court, Lofa County, mandatory requirements, Motion to dismiss appeal, Procedural Default, proof of filing, resumption of jurisdiction, statutory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, tendering of bill of exceptions, Timeliness, Voinjama | coleman-v-rl-lrsc-10-18-llr-70-1967 | 1967-opinions affidavit-in-opposition appellate-procedure appellate-review approval-by-trial-judge bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof clerk-of-court computation-of-time criminal-law criminal-procedure dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-file-within-statutory-period filing-deadline filing-requirements first-judicial-circuit grand-larceny hitler-coleman insufficiency-of-evidence jurisdiction-of-appellate-court lofa-county mandatory-requirements motion-to-dismiss-appeal procedural-default proof-of-filing resumption-of-jurisdiction statutory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia tendering-of-bill-of-exceptions timeliness voinjama | 1967-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Collins v RL LRSC 1; 22 LLR 365 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1974 Opinions, Appellate Review, conviction reduced, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, domestic violence, evidentiary sufficiency, First Judicial Circuit, head injury, hearsay evidence, homicide, instrument causing death, intent, intracranial hemorrhage, judgment vacated, jury instructions, lesser included offense, malice aforethought, manslaughter, medical evidence, Montserrado County, murder, pathologist testimony, premeditation, reasonable doubt, rule against hearsay, sentencing reduction, spousal homicide, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful killing, variance between indictment and proof, verdict set aside, written request for instruction | collins-v-rl-lrsc-1-22-llr-365-1973 | 1974-opinions appellate-review conviction-reduced criminal-appeal criminal-law domestic-violence evidentiary-sufficiency first-judicial-circuit head-injury hearsay-evidence homicide instrument-causing-death intent intracranial-hemorrhage judgment-vacated jury-instructions lesser-included-offense malice-aforethought manslaughter medical-evidence montserrado-county murder pathologist-testimony premeditation reasonable-doubt rule-against-hearsay sentencing-reduction spousal-homicide supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-killing variance-between-indictment-and-proof verdict-set-aside written-request-for-instruction | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Collins v RL LRSC 40; 33 LLR 381 (1985) | 1985, Criminal Law | 1985 Opinions, Appellate Review, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Law, death sentence, deliberation, fatal shooting, Grand Gedeh County, homicide, implied malice, judgment affirmed, malice aforethought, mistaken identity, murder, premeditation, single barrel gun, Supreme Court of Liberia, transferred intent | collins-v-rl-lrsc-40-33-llr-381-1985 | 1985-opinions appellate-review circumstantial-evidence criminal-law death-sentence deliberation fatal-shooting grand-gedeh-county homicide implied-malice judgment-affirmed malice-aforethought mistaken-identity murder premeditation single-barrel-gun supreme-court-of-liberia transferred-intent | 1985-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Conneh v RL (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law | Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, bona fide purchaser, Caldwell Township, civil ejectment pending, Coffee’s Farm Community, Confession, consolidation of indictments, criminal conspiracy, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, deed verification, Due Process, evidentiary contradictions, falsus in uno, Fraudulent Deed, good faith purchaser defense, indictment, Investigative Survey, Jury Verdict, Land Commission, Land Dispute, land law, metes and bounds, modification of sentence, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Nolle Prosequi, Property Law, reasonable doubt, sentencing, severance, summary proceedings to recover possession, surveyor misconduct, title dispute | conneh-v-rl-2024 | appellate-review bill-of-exceptions bona-fide-purchaser caldwell-township civil-ejectment-pending coffees-farm-community confession consolidation-of-indictments criminal-conspiracy criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law deed-verification due-process evidentiary-contradictions falsus-in-uno fraudulent-deed good-faith-purchaser-defense indictment investigative-survey jury-verdict land-commission land-dispute land-law metes-and-bounds modification-of-sentence montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial nolle-prosequi property-law reasonable-doubt sentencing severance summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession surveyor-misconduct title-dispute | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Contempt Proceedings Against Hon. Tah et al. LRSC 2 (2014) | 2014, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law | 2014, 2014 Opinions, Amici Curiae, Appeal bond, appeal dismissed, Appeal Procedure, appeal requirements, attorney general, Beyan D. Howard, Christiana P. Tah, civil contempt, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, compassionate leave, constitutional law, Contempt, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, Criminal Procedure Law, Damages for Wrong, defamation, enforcement of mandate, execution of judgment, freedom of expression, FrontPage Africa, imprisonment for civil contempt, imprisonment for debt, inherent powers, JFK Memorial Hospital, judicial independence, judiciary, judiciary authority, Legal Ethics, libel, mandate, media law, minister of justice, Ministry of Justice, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, Notice of Completion of Appeal, press freedom, Rodney D. Sieh, Section 34.20(1), separation of powers, Supreme Court Bar, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from practice, writ of execution | contempt-proceedings-against-hon-tah-et-al-lrsc-2-2014 | 2014 2014-opinions amici-curiae appeal-bond appeal-dismissed appeal-procedure appeal-requirements attorney-general beyan-d-howard christiana-p-tah civil-contempt civil-law-court civil-procedure compassionate-leave constitutional-law contempt contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings criminal-procedure-law damages-for-wrong defamation enforcement-of-mandate execution-of-judgment freedom-of-expression frontpage-africa imprisonment-for-civil-contempt imprisonment-for-debt inherent-powers jfk-memorial-hospital judicial-independence judiciary judiciary-authority legal-ethics libel mandate media-law minister-of-justice ministry-of-justice monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county notice-of-completion-of-appeal press-freedom rodney-d-sieh section-34-201 separation-of-powers supreme-court-bar supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-practice writ-of-execution | 2014-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Cooper v RL LRSC 24; 19 LLR 269 (1969) | 1969, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1969 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, authority of circuit judge, chamber session, Circuit Court, computation of time, Concurrent Jurisdiction, construction of statutes, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, cross-motion to reverse, effluxion of time, expiration of term of court, Final Judgment, First Judicial Circuit, fraud, grounds for dismissal of appeal, indictment, Judiciary Law, Jurisdiction, jurisdictional challenge on appeal, Jurisdictional Defect, jury session, justice of the peace, lack of jurisdiction, limitation of judicial power, Magisterial Court, mandate, misdemeanor, misrepresentation, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, Motion to dismiss appeal, obtaining money under false pretenses, original jurisdiction, overruling precedent, Penal Law, petty offense, plain meaning rule, procedural requirements, Reversible Error, Stare Decisis, Statutory interpretation, statutory jurisdiction, stipendiary magistrate, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, timing of jurisdictional objection, Void Judgment, Yancy v Republic | cooper-v-rl-lrsc-24-19-llr-269-1969 | 1969-opinions appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure authority-of-circuit-judge chamber-session circuit-court computation-of-time concurrent-jurisdiction construction-of-statutes criminal-assizes criminal-law cross-motion-to-reverse effluxion-of-time expiration-of-term-of-court final-judgment first-judicial-circuit fraud grounds-for-dismissal-of-appeal indictment judiciary-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge-on-appeal jurisdictional-defect jury-session justice-of-the-peace lack-of-jurisdiction limitation-of-judicial-power magisterial-court mandate misdemeanor misrepresentation montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment motion-to-dismiss-appeal obtaining-money-under-false-pretenses original-jurisdiction overruling-precedent penal-law petty-offense plain-meaning-rule procedural-requirements reversible-error stare-decisis statutory-interpretation statutory-jurisdiction stipendiary-magistrate subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia timing-of-jurisdictional-objection void-judgment yancy-v-republic | 1969-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Cooper v RL LRSC 37; 20 LLR 43 (1970) | 1970, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1970 Opinions., absence of medical certificate, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, assault and battery with intent to kill, best evidence rule, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, challenge for cause, confession and avoidance, courtroom disorder, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, declaration against interest, disqualified juror, Due Process, erroneous jury charge, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to produce weapon, fair trial rights, grand jury, improper conduct of witnesses, inconsistency between plea and evidence, indictment, juror incompetency, jury bias, jury impartiality, jury instructions, Jury Trial, lack of judicial atmosphere, medical evidence, missing physical evidence, motion for new trial, Nimba County, petit jury, procedural error, proof of injury, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, self-defense, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularities, weight of evidence | cooper-v-rl-lrsc-37-20-llr-43-1970 | 1970-opinions absence-of-medical-certificate admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review assault-and-battery-with-intent-to-kill best-evidence-rule bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof challenge-for-cause confession-and-avoidance courtroom-disorder credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law criminal-procedure declaration-against-interest disqualified-juror due-process erroneous-jury-charge evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-produce-weapon fair-trial-rights grand-jury improper-conduct-of-witnesses inconsistency-between-plea-and-evidence indictment juror-incompetency jury-bias jury-impartiality jury-instructions jury-trial lack-of-judicial-atmosphere medical-evidence missing-physical-evidence motion-for-new-trial nimba-county petit-jury procedural-error proof-of-injury remand-for-new-trial reversible-error self-defense supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularities weight-of-evidence | 1970-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | |
| Corneh et al. v RL LRSC 27 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law | 2014 Opinions, accomplice liability, acid attack, Acquittal, aggravated assault, alibi defense, Appellate Review, attempted murder, Bomi County, burden of proof, change of venue, Confession, conspiracy, corroboration of evidence, criminal attempt, Criminal Law, grand jury indictment, hearsay evidence, indictment, judgment of acquittal, Monrovia, Montserrado County, murder, partial affirmance and reversal, police investigation, probable cause, reasonable doubt, rebuttal evidence, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of jury trial | corneh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-27-2014 | 2014-opinions accomplice-liability acid-attack acquittal aggravated-assault alibi-defense appellate-review attempted-murder bomi-county burden-of-proof change-of-venue confession conspiracy corroboration-of-evidence criminal-attempt criminal-law grand-jury-indictment hearsay-evidence indictment judgment-of-acquittal monrovia montserrado-county murder partial-affirmance-and-reversal police-investigation probable-cause reasonable-doubt rebuttal-evidence sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-jury-trial | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| CORNEH et al. v RL LRSC 32 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, conviction affirmed in part, criminal attempt to commit murder, Criminal Law, Montserrado County, partial reversal, reasonable doubt, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | corneh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-32-2014 | 2014-opinions acquittal appellate-review burden-of-proof conviction-affirmed-in-part criminal-attempt-to-commit-murder criminal-law montserrado-county partial-reversal reasonable-doubt sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Dahn v RL LRSC 6; 34 LLR 565 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, alternate juror, coroner’s inquest, Criminal Law, deadly weapon, eyewitness testimony, homicide, intentional killing, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, motion for new trial, murder, single barrel gun, Sinoe County, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | dahn-v-rl-lrsc-6-34-llr-565-1988 | 1988-opinions alternate-juror coroners-inquest criminal-law deadly-weapon eyewitness-testimony homicide intentional-killing jury-verdict malice-aforethought motion-for-new-trial murder single-barrel-gun sinoe-county sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Daily v. Doe 1LLR 21; LRSC 1 (1864) | 1864, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 1864 Opinions, costs awarded, early Liberian jurisprudence., lawful execution, magistrate jurisdiction, Montserrado County, officer immunity, Procedural Law, reversal of judgment, search warrant, statutory remedy, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Error | daily-v-doe-1llr-21-lrsc-1-1864 | 1864-opinions costs-awarded early-liberian-jurisprudence lawful-execution magistrate-jurisdiction montserrado-county officer-immunity procedural-law reversal-of-judgment search-warrant statutory-remedy supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-error | 1864-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dandy v RL LRSC 1; 21 LLR 3 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, National Security Law | 1972 Opinions, affirmed conviction., Appellate Review, criminal intent, Criminal Law, death sentence, debt collection dispute, defective verdict form, evidentiary sufficiency, execution date, fatal shooting, firearm homicide, first-degree murder, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Harper, homicide, intoxication defense, judicial discretion, jury deliberations, jury instructions, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, mitigation, money dispute, motion for new trial, murder, National Police Force, police officer, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary intoxication | dandy-v-rl-lrsc-1-21-llr-3-1972 | 1972-opinions affirmed-conviction appellate-review criminal-intent criminal-law death-sentence debt-collection-dispute defective-verdict-form evidentiary-sufficiency execution-date fatal-shooting firearm-homicide first-degree-murder fourth-judicial-circuit harper homicide intoxication-defense judicial-discretion jury-deliberations jury-instructions malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county mitigation money-dispute motion-for-new-trial murder national-police-force police-officer sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-intoxication | 1972-1 criminal-law-cases national-security-law supreme-court | |
| Darnenoh v RL LRSC 12; 4 LLR 308 | 1935, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1935 Opinions, Appellate Review, capital offense, conviction affirmed, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, dying declaration, express malice, homicide, implied malice, malice aforethought, Montserrado County, murder, presumption of malice, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness testimony | darnenoh-v-rl-lrsc-12-4-llr-308 | 1935-opinions appellate-review capital-offense conviction-affirmed criminal-appeal criminal-law dying-declaration express-malice homicide implied-malice malice-aforethought montserrado-county murder presumption-of-malice supreme-court-of-liberia witness-testimony | 1935-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Darpul et al v. Judge Williams et LRSC 19 (2013) | 2013, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, change of venue, Confession, constitutional rights, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Death Penalty, Due Process, fair trial, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, impartial jury, indictment, judicial misconduct, legal representation, Life Imprisonment, Miranda Rights, mob justice, murder, Penal Law, prejudicial error, prejudicial joinder, procedural irregularity, retrial, Reversible Error, River Gee County, sentencing error, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia | darpul-et-al-v-judge-williams-et-lrsc-19-2013 | 2013-opinions appellate-review change-of-venue confession constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure-law death-penalty due-process fair-trial fifteenth-judicial-circuit impartial-jury indictment judicial-misconduct legal-representation life-imprisonment miranda-rights mob-justice murder penal-law prejudicial-error prejudicial-joinder procedural-irregularity retrial reversible-error river-gee-county sentencing-error severance supreme-court-of-liberia | 2013-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Davis v RL LRSC 2; 1 LLR 17 (1862) | 1862, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Customary Law, International Law (Case) | 1862 Opinions, Act to Maintain Peace and Enforce Order (1859), application of law, Due Process, early Liberian jurisprudence., high misdemeanor, jurisdiction over natives, misdemeanor, Montserrado County, native inhabitants, political allegiance, reversal of conviction, riot, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason, treaty obligations, trial by jury | davis-v-rl-lrsc-2-1-llr-17-1862 | 1862-opinions act-to-maintain-peace-and-enforce-order-1859 application-of-law due-process early-liberian-jurisprudence high-misdemeanor jurisdiction-over-natives misdemeanor montserrado-county native-inhabitants political-allegiance reversal-of-conviction riot supreme-court-of-liberia treason treaty-obligations trial-by-jury | 1862-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases customary-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Davis v RL LRSC 27; 40 LLR 659 (2001) | 2001, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2001 Opinions, Appellate Review, bailee liability, banking fraud, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, change of venue, circumstantial evidence, corroboration of evidence, Criminal Assizes, criminal intent, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, deception, Fiduciary Duty, First Judicial Circuit, imprisonment, indictment, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, larceny, Montserrado County, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony | davis-v-rl-lrsc-27-40-llr-659-2001 | 2001-opinions appellate-review bailee-liability banking-fraud bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof change-of-venue circumstantial-evidence corroboration-of-evidence criminal-assizes criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-procedure deception fiduciary-duty first-judicial-circuit imprisonment indictment judicial-discretion jury-verdict larceny montserrado-county proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony | 2001-1 banking-law criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Demann vs Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, Article 20(a), Article 21(h), bench trial, beyond reasonable doubt, capital case procedure, capital offense, change of place of trial, change of venue, community service, compulsory process, constitutional law, constitutional violation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, defense evidence, denial of right to testify, denial of venue change, double jeopardy, Due Process, due process of law, fair and impartial hearing, fair trial, first degree felony, First Judicial Circuit, grand jury, guilty plea, impartial trial, indictment, law enforcement misconduct, local prejudice, media publicity, Montserrado County, murder, plea in capital case, police officer, Presumption of Innocence, probation, proportionality of sentence, prosecution burden, public trial, reasonable doubt standard, remand for new trial, Reversal, Reversible Error, right to confront witnesses, right to counsel, right to testify, self-incrimination, sentencing, speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, use of deadly force, waiver of jury trial, witness confrontation | demann-vs-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review article-20a article-21h bench-trial beyond-reasonable-doubt capital-case-procedure capital-offense change-of-place-of-trial change-of-venue community-service compulsory-process constitutional-law constitutional-violation criminal-law criminal-procedure defense-evidence denial-of-right-to-testify denial-of-venue-change double-jeopardy due-process due-process-of-law fair-and-impartial-hearing fair-trial first-degree-felony first-judicial-circuit grand-jury guilty-plea impartial-trial indictment law-enforcement-misconduct local-prejudice media-publicity montserrado-county murder plea-in-capital-case police-officer presumption-of-innocence probation proportionality-of-sentence prosecution-burden public-trial reasonable-doubt-standard remand-for-new-trial reversal reversible-error right-to-confront-witnesses right-to-counsel right-to-testify self-incrimination sentencing speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error use-of-deadly-force waiver-of-jury-trial witness-confrontation | 2023-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Dennis Dukuly v. The Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal, Confession, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, death sentence, Due Process, evidentiary sufficiency, insanity defense, jury prejudice, Life Imprisonment, Lofa County, malice aforethought, mitigation of sentence, murder, Penal Code, presumption of sanity, statutory rape, Supreme Court of Liberia | dennis-dukuly-v-the-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal confession criminal-law criminal-procedure-law death-sentence due-process evidentiary-sufficiency insanity-defense jury-prejudice life-imprisonment lofa-county malice-aforethought mitigation-of-sentence murder penal-code presumption-of-sanity statutory-rape supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dennis et al v RL LRSC 38; 20 LLR 47 (1970) | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1970 Opinions., abuse of suspects, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, coerced confession, Confession, constitutional rights, constitutional safeguards, contradictory testimony, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, custodial interrogation, discharge without day, Dissenting Opinion, Due Process, evidentiary exclusion, failure to produce evidence, Harper City, homicide, impeachment of witness, indictment, involuntary confession, judicial error, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, Maryland County, murder, National Intelligence and Security Service, Nolle Prosequi, police brutality, preliminary investigation, Presidential Commission, privileged communication, Prosecutorial Misconduct, qualified witness, reasonable doubt, retrial, reversal of conviction, Reversible Error, right against self-incrimination, right to counsel, right to fair trial, self-incrimination, severance of defendants, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, torture, trial by jury, unchallenged testimony, weight of evidence, witness sequestration | dennis-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-38-20-llr-47-1970 | 1970-opinions abuse-of-suspects admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review best-evidence-rule bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof coerced-confession confession constitutional-rights constitutional-safeguards contradictory-testimony corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination custodial-interrogation discharge-without-day dissenting-opinion due-process evidentiary-exclusion failure-to-produce-evidence harper-city homicide impeachment-of-witness indictment involuntary-confession judicial-error jury-verdict malice-aforethought maryland-county murder national-intelligence-and-security-service nolle-prosequi police-brutality preliminary-investigation presidential-commission privileged-communication prosecutorial-misconduct qualified-witness reasonable-doubt retrial reversal-of-conviction reversible-error right-against-self-incrimination right-to-counsel right-to-fair-trial self-incrimination severance-of-defendants sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia torture trial-by-jury unchallenged-testimony weight-of-evidence witness-sequestration | constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Dennis v RL LRSC 3; 18 LLR 220 (1968) | 1968, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1968 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Accomplice Testimony, character evidence, Confession, conflicting confessions, convicted witness, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, Deborah Dennis, discharge forthwith, disqualification of witness, Evidence, evidentiary error, exclusion of testimony, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, impeachment of witness, improper character evidence, incompetent witness, infamous crime, irrelevant evidence, Jury Trial, legal incompetency, Lucretia Herron, Montserrado County, Moore Dennis, motion for new trial, murder, pardon, prejudicial error, production of statements, reversal of conviction, Royesville, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony, witness competency | dennis-v-rl-lrsc-3-18-llr-220-1968 | 1968-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact accomplice-testimony character-evidence confession conflicting-confessions convicted-witness corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination deborah-dennis discharge-forthwith disqualification-of-witness evidence evidentiary-error exclusion-of-testimony fair-trial first-judicial-circuit impeachment-of-witness improper-character-evidence incompetent-witness infamous-crime irrelevant-evidence jury-trial legal-incompetency lucretia-herron montserrado-county moore-dennis motion-for-new-trial murder pardon prejudicial-error production-of-statements reversal-of-conviction royesville severance supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony witness-competency | 1968-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Dennis v RL LRSC 31; 19 LLR 318 (1969) | 1969, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1969 Opinions, admissibility of confession, Appellate Review, Confession, Criminal Law, domestic homicide, evidentiary weight, First Judicial Circuit, first-degree murder, gunshot killing, homicide, implied malice, intent, jury determination, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, malice prepense, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, presumption of malice, Royesville, shotgun, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary confession, ward, youthful offender | dennis-v-rl-lrsc-31-19-llr-318-1969 | 1969-opinions admissibility-of-confession appellate-review confession criminal-law domestic-homicide evidentiary-weight first-judicial-circuit first-degree-murder gunshot-killing homicide implied-malice intent jury-determination jury-verdict malice-aforethought malice-prepense montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder presumption-of-malice royesville shotgun supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-confession ward youthful-offender | 1969-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Doe v RL LRSC 42; 21 LLR 279 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1972 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, Appellate Review, cause of death, compulsory process, confession evidence, constitutional rights of accused, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, cross-examination, denial of compulsory process, discharge without day, Due Process, Expert Testimony, failure to serve subpoena, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Freetown Sarbo, homicide, impeachment of witness, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, insufficiency of indictment, investigation of officials, James Doe, joint indictment, jury misconduct, jury separation, Maryland County, material witness, medical evidence, missing witness, motion for new trial, murder, Myer Tickley, Oldman Sam, Pleebo District, prison superintendent interference, Proximate Cause, reliability of confession, reversal of conviction, right to witnesses, ritual killing, scope of cross-examination, separate trial, sequestration of jury, severance, sheriff misconduct, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony, witness bias, witness credibility | doe-v-rl-lrsc-42-21-llr-279-1972 | 1972-opinions accomplice-testimony appellate-review cause-of-death compulsory-process confession-evidence constitutional-rights-of-accused corpus-delicti criminal-law cross-examination denial-of-compulsory-process discharge-without-day due-process expert-testimony failure-to-serve-subpoena fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit freetown-sarbo homicide impeachment-of-witness indictment insufficiency-of-evidence insufficiency-of-indictment investigation-of-officials james-doe joint-indictment jury-misconduct jury-separation maryland-county material-witness medical-evidence missing-witness motion-for-new-trial murder myer-tickley oldman-sam pleebo-district prison-superintendent-interference proximate-cause reliability-of-confession reversal-of-conviction right-to-witnesses ritual-killing scope-of-cross-examination separate-trial sequestration-of-jury severance sheriff-misconduct subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony witness-bias witness-credibility | 1972-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | |
| Donzo v RL LRSC 10 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, action of debt, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil vs criminal jurisdiction, contradictory testimony, corroboration of evidence, Criminal Law, debt vs theft, deception, documentary evidence, evidentiary insufficiency, general finding, Harbel, indictment, Kakata, Margibi County, Monrovia, private prosecutor, reasonable doubt, receipts, remand for new trial, Restitution, retrial, sentencing, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony, waiver of jury trial, witness credibility, witness disqualification, witness sequestration | donzo-v-rl-lrsc-10-2014 | 2014-opinions action-of-debt appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-vs-criminal-jurisdiction contradictory-testimony corroboration-of-evidence criminal-law debt-vs-theft deception documentary-evidence evidentiary-insufficiency general-finding harbel indictment kakata margibi-county monrovia private-prosecutor reasonable-doubt receipts remand-for-new-trial restitution retrial sentencing subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony waiver-of-jury-trial witness-credibility witness-disqualification witness-sequestration | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Dorbor v RL LRSC 68; 29 LLR 424 (1981) | 1981, Criminal Law | 1981 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, criminal prosecution, discharge of defendant, dismissal of prosecution, Due Process, judgment without opinion, Liberia, mandate to trial court, Nolle Prosequi, procedural disposition, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia | dorbor-v-rl-lrsc-68-29-llr-424-1981 | 1981-opinions appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-law criminal-prosecution discharge-of-defendant dismissal-of-prosecution due-process judgment-without-opinion liberia mandate-to-trial-court nolle-prosequi procedural-disposition solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia | 1981-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dunbar v. McGill 1 LLR 20; LRSC 1 (1863) | 1863, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1863 Opinions, Acquittal, burden of proof, contradictory testimony, criminal conversation, Criminal Law, Due Process, early Liberian jurisprudence., evidentiary review, hearsay evidence, Montserrado County, opinion evidence, reasonable doubt, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia | dunbar-v-mcgill-1-llr-20-lrsc-1-1863 | 1863-opinions acquittal burden-of-proof contradictory-testimony criminal-conversation criminal-law due-process early-liberian-jurisprudence evidentiary-review hearsay-evidence montserrado-county opinion-evidence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1863-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Duo v RL LRSC 117; 35 LLR 785 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law | 1988 Opinions, Appeal Withdrawal, appellate procedure, Conflict of Interest, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Enforcement of Judgment, mandate to lower court, recusal of Justice, submission to withdraw appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of appeal | duo-v-rl-lrsc-117-35-llr-785-1988 | 1988-opinions appeal-withdrawal appellate-procedure conflict-of-interest criminal-law criminal-procedure enforcement-of-judgment mandate-to-lower-court recusal-of-justice submission-to-withdraw-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-appeal | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Dyson v RL LRSC 6; 1 LLR 481 (1906) | 1906, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | admissibility of account books, admission against interest, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, bookkeeping entries, circumstantial evidence, continuance of trial, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, Criminal Law, documentary evidence, embezzlement, fair trial, forfeiture and imprisonment, government order, impartial jury, judicial discretion, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, presumptive proof, proof beyond reasonable doubt, public excitement, public funds, rational doubt standard, res gesta, sentencing, sub-treasurer, unimpeached evidence, voluntary confession | dyson-v-rl-lrsc-6-1-llr-481-1906 | admissibility-of-account-books admission-against-interest affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bookkeeping-entries circumstantial-evidence continuance-of-trial court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas criminal-law documentary-evidence embezzlement fair-trial forfeiture-and-imprisonment government-order impartial-jury judicial-discretion montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial presumptive-proof proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt public-excitement public-funds rational-doubt-standard res-gesta sentencing sub-treasurer unimpeached-evidence voluntary-confession | 1906-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Emojorho v RL (2003) | 2003, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2003 Opinions, Appellate Review, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, defrauding secured creditors, denial of charges, indictment, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Laches, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Restitution, sentencing, sequestration of jury, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial record, unimpeachable evidence, Waiver | emojorho-v-rl-2003 | 2003-opinions appellate-review credibility-of-witnesses criminal-assizes criminal-law defrauding-secured-creditors denial-of-charges indictment jury-tampering jury-verdict laches montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial restitution sentencing sequestration-of-jury sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia trial-record unimpeachable-evidence waiver | 2003-1 banking-law criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Fahnbulleh v RL LRSC 1; 19 LLR 99 (1969) | 1969, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | 1969 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, allegiance to the Republic, ambassador, anonymous letters, authentication of documents, breach of allegiance, Communist literature, conspiracy, constitutional law, Criminal Law, demonstrative evidence, diplomatic service, direct examination, documentary evidence, First Judicial Circuit, foreign service, indictment sufficiency, jury instructions, Kenya, leading question, letters rogatory, mandamus, Montserrado County, motion in arrest of judgment, Nairobi, overthrow of government, political writings, preservation of error, prosecution for treason, public security, secret memorandum, sedition, state security, subversive activities, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason | fahnbulleh-v-rl-lrsc-1-19-llr-99-1969 | 1969-opinions admissibility-of-evidence allegiance-to-the-republic ambassador anonymous-letters authentication-of-documents breach-of-allegiance communist-literature conspiracy constitutional-law criminal-law demonstrative-evidence diplomatic-service direct-examination documentary-evidence first-judicial-circuit foreign-service indictment-sufficiency jury-instructions kenya leading-question letters-rogatory mandamus montserrado-county motion-in-arrest-of-judgment nairobi overthrow-of-government political-writings preservation-of-error prosecution-for-treason public-security secret-memorandum sedition state-security subversive-activities supreme-court-of-liberia treason | 1969-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Fahnbulleh v RL LRSC 8; 18 LLR 57 (1967) | 1967, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1967 Opinions, aggravated assault, Appellate Review, assault and battery, Bill of Exceptions, change of venue, communal land dispute, compulsory process, constitutional rights of accused, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, Due Process, Evidence, fair trial, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Grand Cape Mount County, harmless error, hostile demonstration, imminent danger, improper questioning, Jury Verdict, limits of self-defense, Momo Adam, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, prejudicial error, Property Dispute, reduction of sentence, relevance of evidence, Saku Fahnbulleh, self-defense, sentence modification., subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, Valia Kromah, witness expenses | fahnbulleh-v-rl-lrsc-8-18-llr-57-1967 | 1967-opinions aggravated-assault appellate-review assault-and-battery bill-of-exceptions change-of-venue communal-land-dispute compulsory-process constitutional-rights-of-accused criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination due-process evidence fair-trial fifth-judicial-circuit grand-cape-mount-county harmless-error hostile-demonstration imminent-danger improper-questioning jury-verdict limits-of-self-defense momo-adam montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial prejudicial-error property-dispute reduction-of-sentence relevance-of-evidence saku-fahnbulleh self-defense sentence-modification subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia valia-kromah witness-expenses | 1967-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Fallah v RL LRSC 14 (2011) | 2011, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2011 Opinions, affirmed, Appellate Review, CCTV testimony, child victim, confrontation clause, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, first degree rape, in camera testimony, indictment, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, Montserrado County, prior testimony, Rape, sentencing, sexual offenses, sufficient evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial de novo | fallah-v-rl-lrsc-14-2011 | 2011-opinions affirmed appellate-review cctv-testimony child-victim confrontation-clause criminal-court-e criminal-law first-degree-rape in-camera-testimony indictment life-imprisonment medical-evidence montserrado-county prior-testimony rape sentencing sexual-offenses sufficient-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia trial-de-novo | 2011-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Fallah v RL LRSC 16 (2007) | 2007, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 2007 Opinions, assigned counsel, child rape, constitutional challenge, Criminal Law, first degree rape, in forma pauperis, inadequate legal representation, indigent persons, Life Imprisonment, Montserrado County, motion to rescind, Rape, rape law, remand for new trial, right to counsel, second degree rape, Supreme Court of Liberia | fallah-v-rl-lrsc-16-2007 | 2007-opinions assigned-counsel child-rape constitutional-challenge criminal-law first-degree-rape in-forma-pauperis inadequate-legal-representation indigent-persons life-imprisonment montserrado-county motion-to-rescind rape rape-law remand-for-new-trial right-to-counsel second-degree-rape supreme-court-of-liberia | 2007-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fangi v RL LRSC 7; 42 LLR 74 (2004) | 2004, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2004 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, disbanding of jury, Due Process, fair trial, impartial judge, judgment reversed, judicial ethics, jury misconduct, Jury Tampering, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | fangi-v-rl-lrsc-7-42-llr-74-2004 | 2004-opinions appellate-review criminal-assizes-c criminal-law criminal-procedure disbanding-of-jury due-process fair-trial impartial-judge judgment-reversed judicial-ethics jury-misconduct jury-tampering jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial remand-for-new-trial reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 2004-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Farhat et al v RL (2021) | 2021, Criminal Law, Partnership Law | 2021 Opinions, Appellate Review, audit refusal, business fraud, commingling of funds, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, Ecobank Liberia, Fiduciary Duty, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, partnership accounting, partnership dispute, partnership law, Restitution, sentencing modification, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tayo Motors Liberia, Theft of Property | salah-farhat-and-tamar-farhat-v-rl-2021 | 2021-opinions appellate-review audit-refusal business-fraud commingling-of-funds criminal-conspiracy criminal-court-c criminal-law ecobank-liberia fiduciary-duty misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county partnership-accounting partnership-dispute partnership-law restitution sentencing-modification supreme-court-of-liberia tayo-motors-liberia theft-of-property | 2021-1 criminal-law-cases partnership-law supreme-court | |
| Fayiah et al v Republic of Liberia (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Confession, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Flight as Consciousness of Guilt, Invoices and Ledgers, Jury Verdict, Liberia Supreme Court, MANCO, Miranda Rights, Montserrado County, Theft of Property | fayiah-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof confession criminal-conspiracy criminal-law evidence-law flight-as-consciousness-of-guilt invoices-and-ledgers jury-verdict liberia-supreme-court manco miranda-rights montserrado-county theft-of-property | 2025-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Feleku v RL [1982] LRSC 49; 30 LLR 189 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law, Judiciary Law | 1982 Opinions, abuse of judicial process, appellate procedure, burden of proof, contempt of court, Criminal Law, defense counsel misconduct, denial of fair trial, due process violation, equal protection of the law, evidentiary burden, fines imposed, irregular proceedings, judicial discipline, Jurisdiction, lack of jurisdiction on appeal, Lofa County, mandate to resume jurisdiction, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, murder, null and void judgment, Presumption of Innocence, procedural irregularities, prolonged detention, Prosecutorial Misconduct, protection of fundamental rights, remand to trial court, right to speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial errors | feleku-v-rl-1982-lrsc-49-30-llr-189-1982 | 1982-opinions abuse-of-judicial-process appellate-procedure burden-of-proof contempt-of-court criminal-law defense-counsel-misconduct denial-of-fair-trial due-process-violation equal-protection-of-the-law evidentiary-burden fines-imposed irregular-proceedings judicial-discipline jurisdiction lack-of-jurisdiction-on-appeal lofa-county mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment murder null-and-void-judgment presumption-of-innocence procedural-irregularities prolonged-detention prosecutorial-misconduct protection-of-fundamental-rights remand-to-trial-court right-to-speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia trial-errors | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Firestone Plantations Co. v RL LRSC 9; 34 LLR 614 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law, Labor Law | 1988 Opinions, appeal dismissed, Conflict of Interest, contempt of court, criminal contempt, Criminal Law, dismissal of indictment, failure to prosecute, grand larceny, Labor Dispute, Montserrado County, private prosecutor, reinstatement order, speedy trial, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void Judgment | firestone-plantations-co-v-rl-lrsc-9-34-llr-614-1988 | 1988-opinions appeal-dismissed conflict-of-interest contempt-of-court criminal-contempt criminal-law dismissal-of-indictment failure-to-prosecute grand-larceny labor-dispute montserrado-county private-prosecutor reinstatement-order speedy-trial subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia void-judgment | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Flomo et al v Republic of Liberia (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, coroner’s inquest, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, felonious restraint, hearsay evidence, homicide investigation, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, Land Dispute, Lofa County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Reversal, Supreme Court of Liberia | flomo-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2026 | 2026-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence coroners-inquest criminal-conspiracy criminal-law felonious-restraint hearsay-evidence homicide-investigation indictment insufficiency-of-evidence land-dispute lofa-county murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal supreme-court-of-liberia | 2026-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Flomo v RL LRSC 35; 34 LLR 280 (1986) | 1986, Criminal Law | 1986 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, insufficiency of evidence, judgment without opinion, malice aforethought, manslaughter, modification of judgment, murder, prosecutorial concession, reduction of sentence, Supreme Court of Liberia | flomo-v-rl-lrsc-35-34-llr-280-1986 | 1986-opinions appellate-review criminal-law insufficiency-of-evidence judgment-without-opinion malice-aforethought manslaughter modification-of-judgment murder prosecutorial-concession reduction-of-sentence supreme-court-of-liberia | 1986-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Fon v RL (2018) | 2018, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2018 Opinions, audit report, banking fraud, bench trial, best evidence rule, burden of proof, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, criminal solicitation, economic sabotage, financial institution, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, Nimba County, reversal and remand, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, UBA Liberia, United Bank of Africa | fon-v-republic-of-liberia-rl-2018 | 2018-opinions audit-report banking-fraud bench-trial best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law criminal-solicitation economic-sabotage financial-institution misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county nimba-county reversal-and-remand supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uba-liberia united-bank-of-africa | 2018-1 anti-corruption banking-law criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Forleh et al v RL LRSC 3; 42 LLR 23 (2004) | 2004, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2004 Opinions, compulsory process, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, jury instructions, Montserrado County, motion to strike, prima facie evidence, relevant evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, unanimous verdict, weight of the evidence | forleh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-3-42-llr-23-2004 | 2004-opinions compulsory-process criminal-law criminal-mischief jury-instructions montserrado-county motion-to-strike prima-facie-evidence relevant-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia unanimous-verdict weight-of-the-evidence | 2004-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Francy et al v RL LRSC 14; 34 LLR 680 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law | 1988 Opinions, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Due Process, judicial procedure, jury instructions, Jury Trial, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, remand, right to counsel, speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, term of court | francy-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-14-34-llr-680-1988 | 1988-opinions criminal-law death-penalty due-process judicial-procedure jury-instructions jury-trial montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder remand right-to-counsel speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia term-of-court | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Freeman v RL LRSC 49; 22 LLR 188 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law, National Security Law | 1973 Opinions, abuse of official authority, Appellate Review, assault and battery, assault and battery with intent to kill, attempted shooting, contempt proceedings, court order, court security, courtroom misconduct, courtroom violence, criminal intent, Criminal Law, criminal prosecution, disobedience of court order, firearm use, First Judicial Circuit, imprisonment, inferred malice, intent inferred from circumstances, judicial authority, Jury Verdict, law enforcement conduct, magistrate court, malice, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, National Bureau of Investigation, NBI agent, police officer injured, public officers, respect for court orders, security officer, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful use of firearm, verdict against the evidence | freeman-v-rl-lrsc-49-22-llr-188-1973 | 1973-opinions abuse-of-official-authority appellate-review assault-and-battery assault-and-battery-with-intent-to-kill attempted-shooting contempt-proceedings court-order court-security courtroom-misconduct courtroom-violence criminal-intent criminal-law criminal-prosecution disobedience-of-court-order firearm-use first-judicial-circuit imprisonment inferred-malice intent-inferred-from-circumstances judicial-authority jury-verdict law-enforcement-conduct magistrate-court malice montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment national-bureau-of-investigation nbi-agent police-officer-injured public-officers respect-for-court-orders security-officer supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-use-of-firearm verdict-against-the-evidence | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law national-security-law supreme-court | |
| Gardea v RL LRSC 28 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | admissibility of evidence, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, Article 21(h) Constitution of Liberia, best evidence rule, child sexual abuse, confrontation clause, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law Section 15.12, dying declaration, dying declaration doctrine, expert witness, eyewitness testimony, grand jury, hearsay exception, indictment, JFK Medical Center, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, Penal Law Section 14.70, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Rape, sentencing, Service of Process, sexual violence, statutory rape, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, validity of indictment | gardea-v-rl-lrsc-28-2014 | admissibility-of-evidence affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review article-21h-constitution-of-liberia best-evidence-rule child-sexual-abuse confrontation-clause corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure-law-section-15-12 dying-declaration dying-declaration-doctrine expert-witness eyewitness-testimony grand-jury hearsay-exception indictment jfk-medical-center jurisdiction jury-verdict life-imprisonment medical-evidence monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county penal-law-section-14-70 proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt rape sentencing service-of-process sexual-violence statutory-rape sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia validity-of-indictment | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Gbenyena v RL LRSC 119; 35 LLR 787 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law | abandonment of prosecution, Criminal Law, notice of abandonment, Supreme Court of Liberia | gbenyena-v-rl-lrsc-119-35-llr-787-1988 | abandonment-of-prosecution criminal-law notice-of-abandonment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gborllie et al v RL LRSC 59; 33 LLR 572 (1985) | 1985, Criminal Law | 1985 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, death sentence, Due Process, fair trial, judgment without opinion, prosecutorial concession, remand for new trial, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia | gborllie-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-59-33-llr-572-1985 | 1985-opinions appellate-review criminal-law death-sentence due-process fair-trial judgment-without-opinion prosecutorial-concession remand-for-new-trial reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia | 1985-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gboyano v RL LRSC 31; 29 LLR 581 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, appellate procedure, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, judgment without opinion, mandate to lower court, Supreme Court of Liberia | gboyano-v-rl-lrsc-31-29-llr-581-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-law discharge-of-defendant judgment-without-opinion mandate-to-lower-court supreme-court-of-liberia | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| George v RL LRSC 16; 14 LLR 339 | 1961, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1961 Opinions, absent witness, acts of corruption, affirmance of conviction, Appellate Review, audit evidence, best evidence rule, compulsory process, continuance, corruption, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, diligence, embezzlement, Evidence, jury charge, lost documents, Montserrado County, redirect examination, secondary evidence, Suacoco Experimental Station, Supreme Court of Liberia, territorial jurisdiction | george-v-rl-lrsc-16-14-llr-339 | 1961-opinions absent-witness acts-of-corruption affirmance-of-conviction appellate-review audit-evidence best-evidence-rule compulsory-process continuance corruption criminal-law criminal-procedure diligence embezzlement evidence jury-charge lost-documents montserrado-county redirect-examination secondary-evidence suacoco-experimental-station supreme-court-of-liberia territorial-jurisdiction | 1961-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Ghandour et al v RL LRSC 1 (2006) | 2006, Criminal Law | affidavit, Chambers Justice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dismissal of petition, improper verification, Montserrado County, no double jeopardy bar, Prohibition, quashing of indictment, re-indictment, remedial writs, second indictment, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia, verification of pleadings, Writ of Prohibition | ghandour-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-1-2006 | affidavit chambers-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure dismissal-of-petition improper-verification montserrado-county no-double-jeopardy-bar prohibition quashing-of-indictment re-indictment remedial-writs second-indictment solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia verification-of-pleadings writ-of-prohibition | 2006-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gio et al v RL LRSC 87; 17 LLR 681 (1966) | 1966, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1966 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility of confession, affirmance in part, Amos T. Nagbe, Charlie Gio, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, conspiracy, constitutional rights, corroborated accomplice testimony, corroboration, Criminal Law, Due Process, Eslie Holder, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, flight as evidence, human sacrifice, indictment, inflammatory remarks, involuntary confession, judicial functions, Jury Trial, Kahn Klua, Kakata, law-enforcement overreach, Mah Weah, Montserrado County, murder, prejudicial statements, Prosecutorial Misconduct, reversal in part, right to counsel, ritual killing, self-incrimination, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony | gio-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-87-17-llr-681-1966 | 1966-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact accomplice-testimony admissibility-of-confession affirmance-in-part amos-t-nagbe charlie-gio circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession conspiracy constitutional-rights corroborated-accomplice-testimony corroboration criminal-law due-process eslie-holder fair-trial first-judicial-circuit flight-as-evidence human-sacrifice indictment inflammatory-remarks involuntary-confession judicial-functions jury-trial kahn-klua kakata law-enforcement-overreach mah-weah montserrado-county murder prejudicial-statements prosecutorial-misconduct reversal-in-part right-to-counsel ritual-killing self-incrimination severance supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony | 1966-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Glewu v RL LRSC 40; 30 LLR 94 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, admission in open court, affirmance of conviction, Appellate Review, Confession, cooling time doctrine, corpus delicti, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, discretion of trial court, dying declaration, evidentiary weight, failure to plead defense, insufficiency of provocation, jury instructions, Lofa County, malice aforethought, manslaughter, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, murder, premeditation, provocation, Supreme Court of Liberia, use of deadly weapon, written request for jury charge | glewu-v-rl-lrsc-40-30-llr-94-1982 | 1982-opinions admissibility-of-evidence admission-in-open-court affirmance-of-conviction appellate-review confession cooling-time-doctrine corpus-delicti credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law discretion-of-trial-court dying-declaration evidentiary-weight failure-to-plead-defense insufficiency-of-provocation jury-instructions lofa-county malice-aforethought manslaughter motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment murder premeditation provocation supreme-court-of-liberia use-of-deadly-weapon written-request-for-jury-charge | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Griffiths v RL LRSC 77; 22 LLR 288 (1973) | 1973, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law | 1973 Opinions, abuse of criminal process, Appellate Review, bad checks, bank checks, business transactions, circumstantial evidence, Commercial Law, construction of statutes, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Debt Action, debt collection abuse, dishonored checks, double jeopardy, drawer of check, Evidence, felonious intent, fine, First Judicial Circuit, fraud, grand larceny, indictment, indictment sufficiency, insufficient funds, intent to defraud, International Trust Company of Liberia, larceny, Liberia Trading Corporation, lis pendens, Montserrado County, notice of dishonor, private prosecutor, remand, replevin, Restitution, retrial, self-incrimination, Statutory interpretation, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, ten-day notice, worthless checks, written notice | griffiths-v-rl-lrsc-77-22-llr-288-1973 | 1973-opinions abuse-of-criminal-process appellate-review bad-checks bank-checks business-transactions circumstantial-evidence commercial-law construction-of-statutes criminal-law criminal-procedure debt-action debt-collection-abuse dishonored-checks double-jeopardy drawer-of-check evidence felonious-intent fine first-judicial-circuit fraud grand-larceny indictment indictment-sufficiency insufficient-funds intent-to-defraud international-trust-company-of-liberia larceny liberia-trading-corporation lis-pendens montserrado-county notice-of-dishonor private-prosecutor remand replevin restitution retrial self-incrimination statutory-interpretation subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia ten-day-notice worthless-checks written-notice | 1973-1 banking-law commercial-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hans Williams v. Republic of Liberia (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinion, Acquittal, Appellate Review, Autopsy Reports, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Procedure, Death Penalty, Expert Testimony, Forensic Evidence, Ghana Police Service, Hans C. Williams, Judicial Recusal, Liberia Supreme Court, LNP, Mardia P. Williams, Ministry of Justice, murder, Presumption of Innocence, Prima Facie Case, Prosecutorial Burden, Reversal, Sufficiency of Evidence | hans-williams-v-republic-of-liberia-2014 | 2014-opinion acquittal appellate-review autopsy-reports beyond-a-reasonable-doubt burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence criminal-appeal criminal-procedure death-penalty expert-testimony forensic-evidence ghana-police-service hans-c-williams judicial-recusal liberia-supreme-court lnp mardia-p-williams ministry-of-justice murder presumption-of-innocence prima-facie-case prosecutorial-burden reversal sufficiency-of-evidence | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Heith v RL LRSC 21; 39 LLR 50 (1998) | 1998, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 1998 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, Criminal Law, evidentiary insufficiency, jury charge, legal representation, Montserrado County, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | heith-v-rl-lrsc-21-39-llr-50-1998 | 1998-opinions acquittal appellate-review best-evidence-rule criminal-law evidentiary-insufficiency jury-charge legal-representation montserrado-county presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 1998-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law supreme-court legistlative-acts | |
| Hill v Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, Administrator’s Deed, appellate procedure, backdated deed, burden of proof, Chapter 15.20, Chapter 15.21, contradictions in testimony, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, deed probate and registration, double sale of land, failure to appear, felony of the second degree, five-year imprisonment, fraud in land sale, indictment, Johnsonville, Jury Trial, land law, mandate to lower court, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, motion for new trial, National Registry of Deeds, Nolle Prosequi, Penal Code, Real Property, reasonable doubt, Restitution, Revised Rules of the Supreme Court, Rule IV Part 6(c), sentencing, severance of defendants, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey and sale | hill-jr-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 johnny-hills-jr-vs-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators-deed appellate-procedure backdated-deed burden-of-proof chapter-15-20 chapter-15-21 contradictions-in-testimony criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law deed-probate-and-registration double-sale-of-land failure-to-appear felony-of-the-second-degree five-year-imprisonment fraud-in-land-sale indictment johnsonville jury-trial land-law mandate-to-lower-court modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-new-trial national-registry-of-deeds nolle-prosequi penal-code real-property reasonable-doubt restitution revised-rules-of-the-supreme-court rule-iv-part-6c sentencing severance-of-defendants supreme-court-of-liberia survey-and-sale | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hinneh et al v RL LRSC 22; 29 LLR 571 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, appellate procedure, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, discharge of appellants, judgment without opinion, lack of prima facie case, mandate to lower court, murder, Supreme Court of Liberia | hinneh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-22-29-llr-571-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-law discharge-of-appellants judgment-without-opinion lack-of-prima-facie-case mandate-to-lower-court murder supreme-court-of-liberia | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| His Honor Joseph M. Kollie v The Management of Oceano Casino (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law | 2025 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, administrative hearing, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, Civil Procedure Law, clerk of court duties, criminal investigation, Default Judgment, dismissal in disguise, Employment Law, failure to transcribe records, Labour Law, labour procedure, Liberia National Police, mandate, Ministry of Labor, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, National Labour Court, ninety-day statutory period, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Petition for Judicial Review, resumption of jurisdiction, Rule 31 Revised Rules of the Circuit Court, Superintendence of Appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension from employment, theft allegation, transcription of records, Unfair Labour Practice, unpaid salaries, Wrongful Dismissal, wrongful dismissal benefits | his-honor-joseph-m-kollie-v-the-management-of-oceano-casino-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-appeal administrative-hearing appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions civil-procedure-law clerk-of-court-duties criminal-investigation default-judgment dismissal-in-disguise employment-law failure-to-transcribe-records labour-law labour-procedure liberia-national-police mandate ministry-of-labor montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal national-labour-court ninety-day-statutory-period notice-of-completion-of-appeal petition-for-judicial-review resumption-of-jurisdiction rule-31-revised-rules-of-the-circuit-court superintendence-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-from-employment theft-allegation transcription-of-records unfair-labour-practice unpaid-salaries wrongful-dismissal wrongful-dismissal-benefits | 2025-1 administrative-law civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| His Honour James W. Zotta, Jr. et al v Cooper et al (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law | 2025 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, Circuit Criminal Court “A”, complaint, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Estoppel, failure to announce appeal, failure to note exception, indictment, judgment without opinion, judicial overreach, Justice in Chambers, mandate, Montserrado County, motion to strike, petit larceny, petition for prohibition, petty offenses, Procedural Default, resumption of jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Writ of Prohibition | his-honour-james-w-zotta-jr-et-al-v-cooper-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-jurisdiction circuit-criminal-court-a complaint criminal-law criminal-procedure-law estoppel failure-to-announce-appeal failure-to-note-exception indictment judgment-without-opinion judicial-overreach justice-in-chambers mandate montserrado-county motion-to-strike petit-larceny petition-for-prohibition petty-offenses procedural-default resumption-of-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hne v RL LRSC 37; 33 LLR 235 (1985) | 1985, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1985 Opinions, adverse possession claim, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, criminal trespass, Ejectment, judgment reversed, Land Dispute, misdemeanor, Montserrado County, notice to depart, Real Property, repealed statute, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute, wrongful possession | hne-v-rl-lrsc-37-33-llr-235-1985 | 1985-opinions adverse-possession-claim appellate-review criminal-law criminal-trespass ejectment judgment-reversed land-dispute misdemeanor montserrado-county notice-to-depart real-property repealed-statute supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute wrongful-possession | 1985-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Hoff et al v. Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Alexander Slocum, alibi, Appellate Review, arraignment, autopsy, bench trial, call logs, circumstantial evidence, coroner, coroner’s report, corpus delicti, Criminal Assizes “B”, Criminal Assizes A, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, double jeopardy, Due Process, Emmanuel Gibson, Emmanuel Teddy Gbah, Emmett Hoff, eyewitness testimony, Forensic Evidence, homicide, indictment, John E. Tarpeh, Johnsonville Township, Judge Ceaineh D. Clinton-Johnson, Judge Korboi K. Nuta, Judge Roosevelt Z. Willie, Liberia National Police, Life Imprisonment, manifest necessity, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, motion for change of venue, motion for recusal, motion to admit to bail, murder, preliminary examination, Prima Facie Case, reasonable doubt, rebuttal evidence, severance, Solomon Gibson, statutory rights, Supreme Court of Liberia | hoff-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions affirmation-of-conviction alexander-slocum alibi appellate-review arraignment autopsy bench-trial call-logs circumstantial-evidence coroner coroners-report corpus-delicti criminal-assizes-b criminal-assizes-a criminal-conspiracy criminal-law criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process emmanuel-gibson emmanuel-teddy-gbah emmett-hoff eyewitness-testimony forensic-evidence homicide indictment john-e-tarpeh johnsonville-township judge-ceaineh-d-clinton-johnson judge-korboi-k-nuta judge-roosevelt-z-willie liberia-national-police life-imprisonment manifest-necessity monrovia-city-court montserrado-county motion-for-change-of-venue motion-for-recusal motion-to-admit-to-bail murder preliminary-examination prima-facie-case reasonable-doubt rebuttal-evidence severance solomon-gibson statutory-rights supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Hubbard v RL LRSC 61; 32 LLR 591 (1984) | 1984, Criminal Law | 1984 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, dismissal of case, executive clemency, general amnesty, judgment without opinion, Ministry of Justice, motion for abandonment, People’s Redemption Council, Samuel K. Doe, striking case from docket, Supreme Court of Liberia | hubbard-v-rl-lrsc-61-32-llr-591-1984 | 1984-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appellate-procedure criminal-law dismissal-of-case executive-clemency general-amnesty judgment-without-opinion ministry-of-justice motion-for-abandonment peoples-redemption-council samuel-k-doe striking-case-from-docket supreme-court-of-liberia | 1984-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| In re Contempt Proceedings Against Cllr. Frank Musah Dean (2023) | 2023, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2023 Opinions, Abuse of Office, Acquittal, administration of justice, amici curiae briefs, amicus curiae, apology and retraction, attorney general, authority of the judiciary, clear and present danger, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, constitutional governance, constitutional law, contempt of court, contempt proceedings, controlled substances, court authority, criminal conspiracy, criminal contempt, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criticism of judiciary, Dean of the Supreme Court Bar, derogatory remarks, dignity of the court, disrespect to court, fines, Frank Musah Dean Jr., free press, freedom of speech, impugning the judiciary, inherent powers of court, international ridicule, judicial independence, judicial power, judiciary, jury tampering allegations, Jury Trial, lawyers’ duty to courts, Ledgerhood J. Rennie, Legal Ethics, Minister of Information, minister of justice, Ministry of Information Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Ministry of Justice, Misconduct, money laundering, not guilty verdict, post-trial comments, press conference, Professional Responsibility, protection of judicial process, public officers, public ridicule, publication of contemptuous statements, publication order, retraction of statement, Rule of Law, sanctions, scandalizing the court, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, undermining confidence in courts | in-re-contempt-proceedings-against-cllr-frank-musah-dean-2023 | 2023-opinions abuse-of-office acquittal administration-of-justice amici-curiae-briefs amicus-curiae apology-and-retraction attorney-general authority-of-the-judiciary clear-and-present-danger code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics constitutional-governance constitutional-law contempt-of-court contempt-proceedings controlled-substances court-authority criminal-conspiracy criminal-contempt criminal-law criminal-procedure criticism-of-judiciary dean-of-the-supreme-court-bar derogatory-remarks dignity-of-the-court disrespect-to-court fines frank-musah-dean-jr free-press freedom-of-speech impugning-the-judiciary inherent-powers-of-court international-ridicule judicial-independence judicial-power judiciary jury-tampering-allegations jury-trial lawyers-duty-to-courts ledgerhood-j-rennie legal-ethics minister-of-information minister-of-justice ministry-of-information-cultural-affairs-and-tourism ministry-of-justice misconduct money-laundering not-guilty-verdict post-trial-comments press-conference professional-responsibility protection-of-judicial-process public-officers public-ridicule publication-of-contemptuous-statements publication-order retraction-of-statement rule-of-law sanctions scandalizing-the-court separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia undermining-confidence-in-courts | 2023-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| In re GEC report on Cllr. Frank Musah Dean, Jr. et al (2025) | 2025, Anti-Corruption, Criminal Law, Ethics | 2025 Opinions, Abuse of Office, Article 75 of the 1986 Constitution, Associate Magistrates Theresa W. Dermie, Atty. Orlando Tamba, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, City Solicitor, Counsellor Frank Musah Dean Jr., criminal mischief, Ethical Investigation, Executive Discretion, Grievance and Ethics Committee, Judicial Review, Judiciary Law §17.7(1), Kish-Trokon Beadeh, Land Dispute, Legal Ethics, minister of justice, Moral and Professional Code of Ethics, Nolle Prosequi, Professional Misconduct, Prosecutorial Discretion, RIA Magisterial Court, separation of powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | in-re-gec-report-on-cllr-frank-musah-dean jr-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions abuse-of-office article-75-of-the-1986-constitution associate-magistrates-theresa-w-dermie atty-orlando-tamba chief-justice-sie-a-nyene-g-yuoh city-solicitor counsellor-frank-musah-dean-jr criminal-mischief ethical-investigation executive-discretion grievance-and-ethics-committee judicial-review judiciary-law-%c2%a717-71 kish-trokon-beadeh land-dispute legal-ethics minister-of-justice moral-and-professional-code-of-ethics nolle-prosequi professional-misconduct prosecutorial-discretion ria-magisterial-court separation-of-powers supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 2025-1 anti-corruption criminal-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| In Re GEC Report on Complaint Against Attorney At Law Morris A. Kaba (2016) | 2016, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics | 2016 Opinions, abandonment of client, administration of justice, Amici Curiae, Appeal Perfection, appellate procedure, appellate rights, armed robbery, Attorney Discipline, attorney duties, attorney misconduct investigation, Bill of Exceptions, constitutional right of appeal, Criminal Appeal, criminal conspiracy, criminal defendants, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, disciplinary proceedings, Due Process, duty of diligence, duty to client, ethical responsibility, ethical violations, ethics investigation, failure to complete appeal, Failure to Perfect Appeal, Grand Bassa County, Grievance and Ethics Committee, ineffective assistance of counsel, ineffective legal representation, Judicial Inquiry Commission, lawyer dereliction, lawyer negligence, Lawyer-Client Relationship, legal accountability, legal disciplinary sanctions, Legal Ethics, legal malpractice, Legal Profession, legal representation, Liberia National Bar Association, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, Procedural Default, professional diligence, professional ethics, Professional Misconduct, Professional Responsibility, representation of indigent defendants, right to counsel, Rule 21, Rule 5, Rule 6, Rules Governing the Moral and Ethical Conduct of Lawyers, Supreme Court disciplinary powers, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court supervision of the Bar, suspension from practice, suspension of attorney | in-re-gec-report-on-complaint-against-attorney-at-law-morris-a-kaba-2016 | 2016-opinions abandonment-of-client administration-of-justice amici-curiae appeal-perfection appellate-procedure appellate-rights armed-robbery attorney-discipline attorney-duties attorney-misconduct-investigation bill-of-exceptions constitutional-right-of-appeal criminal-appeal criminal-conspiracy criminal-defendants criminal-facilitation criminal-law criminal-procedure disciplinary-proceedings due-process duty-of-diligence duty-to-client ethical-responsibility ethical-violations ethics-investigation failure-to-complete-appeal failure-to-perfect-appeal grand-bassa-county grievance-and-ethics-committee ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-legal-representation judicial-inquiry-commission lawyer-dereliction lawyer-negligence lawyer-client-relationship legal-accountability legal-disciplinary-sanctions legal-ethics legal-malpractice legal-profession legal-representation liberia-national-bar-association notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc procedural-default professional-diligence professional-ethics professional-misconduct professional-responsibility representation-of-indigent-defendants right-to-counsel rule-21 rule-5 rule-6 rules-governing-the-moral-and-ethical-conduct-of-lawyers supreme-court-disciplinary-powers supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-supervision-of-the-bar suspension-from-practice suspension-of-attorney | 2016-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| In re Jawhary v RL LRSC 22 (2005) | 2005, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law, Media Law | 2005 Opinions, contempt of court, criminal contempt, Criminal Law, criticism of judge, Due Process, judicial authority, Judiciary Law, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, opportunity to present evidence, prejudgment, press statement, recusal, remand, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-jawhary-v-rl-lrsc-22-2005 | 2005-opinions contempt-of-court criminal-contempt criminal-law criticism-of-judge due-process judicial-authority judiciary-law jurisdiction montserrado-county opportunity-to-present-evidence prejudgment press-statement recusal remand supreme-court-of-liberia | 2005-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases judiciary-law media-law supreme-court | |
| In re: Contempt Proceedings Against Mr. Justin Oldpa Yeazehn (2026) | 2026, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Judiciary Law, Media Law | 2026 Opinions, abuse of free speech, Article 15 Constitution of Liberia, Article 5 Constitution of Liberia, constitutional law, contempt of court, criminal contempt, defamation against judiciary, freedom of speech, judiciary dignity, Monrovia Central Prison, protection of judicial authority, social media speech, Supreme Court of Liberia | in-re-contempt-proceedings-against-mr-justin-oldpa-yeazehn-2026 | 2026-opinions abuse-of-free-speech article-15-constitution-of-liberia article-5-constitution-of-liberia constitutional-law contempt-of-court criminal-contempt defamation-against-judiciary freedom-of-speech judiciary-dignity monrovia-central-prison protection-of-judicial-authority social-media-speech supreme-court-of-liberia | 2026-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court judiciary-law media-law supreme-court | |
| In Re: Judicial Inquiry Commission Report on HIis Honor T. Richard Browne LRSC 45 (2015) | 2015, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Judiciary Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of power, administrative justice, amicus curiae, appellate oversight, Article 20(a), constitutional law, contempt of court, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, falsification of process, fundamental rights, Grand Bassa County, Judicial Canons, judicial ethics, judicial inquiry, Judicial Inquiry Commission, judicial misconduct, Magisterial Court, magistrate discipline, Second Judicial Circuit Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension without pay, tampering with court records, unlawful detention | atty-kaba-et-al-v-his-honor-browne-lrsc-45-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-power administrative-justice amicus-curiae appellate-oversight article-20a constitutional-law contempt-of-court criminal-procedure due-process falsification-of-process fundamental-rights grand-bassa-county judicial-canons judicial-ethics judicial-inquiry judicial-inquiry-commission judicial-misconduct magisterial-court magistrate-discipline second-judicial-circuit-court supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-without-pay tampering-with-court-records unlawful-detention | 2015-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Jahweh v Jawhary LRSC 6; 37 LLR 152 (1993) | 1993, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1993 Opinions, appeal period, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, clerk’s misconduct, Congo Town, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, fraud on the court, judicial discipline, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, motion to dismiss denied, motion to suppress evidence, Procedural Law, return of property, search warrant, sixty-day completion rule, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful search and seizure | jahweh-v-jawhary-lrsc-6-37-llr-152-1993 | 1993-opinions appeal-period appellate-review bill-of-exceptions clerks-misconduct congo-town criminal-assizes-a criminal-court-c criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fraud-on-the-court judicial-discipline jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-denied motion-to-suppress-evidence procedural-law return-of-property search-warrant sixty-day-completion-rule summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-search-and-seizure | 1993-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Jallah v RL (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, alleyway dispute, Appellate Review, bench trial, burden of proof, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, demolition of property, indictment, Montserrado County, municipal authority, Paynesville City Corporation, proof beyond reasonable doubt, property destruction, Property Rights, reversal of conviction, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia | jallah-v-rl-2026 | 2026-opinions alleyway-dispute appellate-review bench-trial burden-of-proof criminal-law criminal-mischief demolition-of-property indictment montserrado-county municipal-authority paynesville-city-corporation proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt property-destruction property-rights reversal-of-conviction severance supreme-court-of-liberia | 2026-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jalloh v RL LRSC 40; 21 LLR 255 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1972 Opinions, accidental killing, Appellate Review, Bong Mining Company, burden of proof, Criminal Law, dying declaration, evidentiary insufficiency, fatal shooting, firearm homicide, First Judicial Circuit, homicide, intent to kill, intoxication, intoxication defense, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, malice prepense, manslaughter, mitigation of offense, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, pistol shooting, premeditation, reasonable doubt, sentence modification., Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful killing | jalloh-v-rl-lrsc-40-21-llr-255-1972 | 1972-opinions accidental-killing appellate-review bong-mining-company burden-of-proof criminal-law dying-declaration evidentiary-insufficiency fatal-shooting firearm-homicide first-judicial-circuit homicide intent-to-kill intoxication intoxication-defense jury-verdict malice-aforethought malice-prepense manslaughter mitigation-of-offense modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder pistol-shooting premeditation reasonable-doubt sentence-modification supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-killing | 1972-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Jappa v RL LRSC 47; 21 LLR 339 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1972 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Accomplice Testimony, compulsory process, constitutional rights, corroboration, Criminal Law, discharge without day, Due Process, Eighth Judicial Circuit, fair trial, flight, inconclusive verdict, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Verdict, material witness, murder, Nimba County, Nolle Prosequi, Reversal, right to present witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony | jappa-v-rl-lrsc-47-21-llr-339-1972 | 1972-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact accomplice-testimony compulsory-process constitutional-rights corroboration criminal-law discharge-without-day due-process eighth-judicial-circuit fair-trial flight inconclusive-verdict insufficiency-of-evidence jury-verdict material-witness murder nimba-county nolle-prosequi reversal right-to-present-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony | 1972-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Jlue v RL (2026) | 2026, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Criminal Law | 2026 Opinions, acts of corruption, Appellate Review, bank accounts, Confession, corruption, Criminal Law, financial fraud, forged signatures, forgery, indictment, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, National Drug Service, public corruption, Restitution, Theft of Property | jlue-v-rl-2026 | 2026-opinions acts-of-corruption appellate-review bank-accounts confession corruption criminal-law financial-fraud forged-signatures forgery indictment jury-verdict montserrado-county national-drug-service public-corruption restitution theft-of-property | 2026-1 anti-corruption banking-law criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Johnetta Pinky Abou v. Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law | 2023 Opinions, Appellate Review, bail, battered woman syndrome, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, capital offense, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Court “A”, Criminal Law, domestic violence, heat of passion, homicide, indictment, juror misconduct, Jury Trial, malice aforethought, manslaughter, modification of judgment, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, premeditation, Prosecutorial Misconduct, reasonable doubt, self-defense, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia | johnetta-pinky-abou-v-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions appellate-review bail battered-woman-syndrome bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof capital-offense circumstantial-evidence criminal-court-a criminal-law domestic-violence heat-of-passion homicide indictment juror-misconduct jury-trial malice-aforethought manslaughter modification-of-judgment monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder premeditation prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt self-defense sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Johnson v RL LRSC 77; 31 LLR 280 (1983) | 1983, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1983 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, Criminal Law, false pretense, fraud, land sale dispute, Montserrado County, Restitution, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, uncorroborated testimony, waiver of issues | johnson-v-rl-lrsc-77-31-llr-280-1983 | 1983-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof criminal-law false-pretense fraud land-sale-dispute montserrado-county restitution supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property uncorroborated-testimony waiver-of-issues | 1983-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Johnson v. Givens LRSC 2; 1 LLR 28 (1865) | 1865, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1865 Opinions, Civil Procedure, Court of Quarter Sessions, custody of defendant, dismissal of judgment, early Liberian jurisprudence., failure to serve writ, Jurisdiction, procedural error, reversal of lower court, Service of Process, sheriff’s duties, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of arrest | johnson-v-givens-lrsc-2-1-llr-28-1865 | 1865-opinions civil-procedure court-of-quarter-sessions custody-of-defendant dismissal-of-judgment early-liberian-jurisprudence failure-to-serve-writ jurisdiction procedural-error reversal-of-lower-court service-of-process sheriffs-duties sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-arrest | 1865-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Joillia v RL LRSC 17; 29 LLR 540 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, abuse of discretion, best evidence rule, burden of proof, coerced confession, compulsory process, constitutional rights, Criminal Law, cross-examination, de novo hearing, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, evidentiary procedure, improper cross-examination, inadmissible evidence, insanity defense, involuntary confession, Lofa County, murder, presumption of sanity, protection of accused rights, psychiatric examination, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, right to fair trial, right to obtain witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularities, witness qualification | joillia-v-rl-lrsc-17-29-llr-540-1982 | 1982-opinions abuse-of-discretion best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof coerced-confession compulsory-process constitutional-rights criminal-law cross-examination de-novo-hearing due-process evidentiary-insufficiency evidentiary-procedure improper-cross-examination inadmissible-evidence insanity-defense involuntary-confession lofa-county murder presumption-of-sanity protection-of-accused-rights psychiatric-examination remand-for-new-trial reversible-error right-to-fair-trial right-to-obtain-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularities witness-qualification | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Jones v RL LRSC 30; 13 LLR 623 (1960) | 1960, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Traffic Law | 1960 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bushrod Island, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, evidentiary sufficiency, hit-and-run, indictment, judgment affirmed, jury province, Liberia National Police, malice aforethought, Montserrado County, murder, presumption of malice, Supreme Court of Liberia, traffic homicide | 1960-opinions appellate-review bushrod-island circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-law evidentiary-sufficiency hit-and-run indictment judgment-affirmed jury-province liberia-national-police malice-aforethought montserrado-county murder presumption-of-malice supreme-court-of-liberia traffic-homicide | 1960-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law traffic-law supreme-court | ||
| Jusu v RL LRSC 2; 34 LLR 291 (1987) | 1987, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1987 Opinions, Appellate Review, circumstantial evidence, Confession, coroner’s report, Criminal Law, death sentence, flight, Lofa County, lone testimony, malice aforethought, murder, pathologist report, presumption of guilt, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness credibility | jusu-v-rl-lrsc-2-34-llr-291-1987 | 1987-opinions appellate-review circumstantial-evidence confession coroners-report criminal-law death-sentence flight lofa-county lone-testimony malice-aforethought murder pathologist-report presumption-of-guilt sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia witness-credibility | 1987-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Kamara et al v Republic of Liberia (2025) | 2025, Anti-Money Laundering Law, Criminal Law | amendment of indictment, Appellate Review, CCTV evidence, Confession, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, Due Process, indictment, modification of sentence, money laundering, Nimba County, procedural error, reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, severance, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | kamara-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2025 | amendment-of-indictment appellate-review cctv-evidence confession criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law due-process indictment modification-of-sentence money-laundering nimba-county procedural-error reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing severance supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 2025-1 anti-money-laundering-law criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara et al v RL LRSC 27; 20 LLR 10 (1970) | 1970, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1970 Opinions., appellate procedure, Appellate Review, applicability of civil procedure to criminal cases, attorney error, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, defense strategy, denial of motion, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Grand Cape Mount County, inadvertent mistake, indictment, ineffective assistance of counsel, judicial discretion, Jury Trial, limitation of relief, malicious mischief, mistake of counsel, motion for relief, post-judgment motion, procedural bar, Relief from Judgment, scope of procedural law, Statutory interpretation, sufficiency of grounds, Supreme Court of Liberia, tactical decision, trial strategy binding on client, waiver doctrine, waiver of evidence | kamara-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-27-20-llr-10-1970 | 1970-opinions appellate-procedure appellate-review applicability-of-civil-procedure-to-criminal-cases attorney-error civil-procedure-law criminal-law criminal-procedure-law defense-strategy denial-of-motion fifth-judicial-circuit grand-cape-mount-county inadvertent-mistake indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-discretion jury-trial limitation-of-relief malicious-mischief mistake-of-counsel motion-for-relief post-judgment-motion procedural-bar relief-from-judgment scope-of-procedural-law statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-grounds supreme-court-of-liberia tactical-decision trial-strategy-binding-on-client waiver-doctrine waiver-of-evidence | 1970-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamara et al. v Republic of Liberia (2020) | 2020, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, burglary, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, felonious restraint, hearsay evidence, indictment, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Restitution, reversal of conviction, sentencing, Sufficiency of Evidence, witness credibility | kamara-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2020 | 2020-opinions appellate-review burglary corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felonious-restraint hearsay-evidence indictment jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt restitution reversal-of-conviction sentencing sufficiency-of-evidence witness-credibility | 2020-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Kamara v Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, abatement ab initio, abuse of trust, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, common law doctrine, Criminal Assizes C, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, death of appellant, deed and map, eviction order, indictment, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, land documents, licensed surveyor, mandate, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, non-transferability of crimes, preliminary investigation, private prosecutor, private prosecutrix, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, survey fraud, termination of criminal proceedings, Theft of Property, Virginia | arah-kamara-vs-republic-of-liberia-2024 kamara-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions abatement-ab-initio abuse-of-trust appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions common-law-doctrine criminal-assizes-c criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law death-of-appellant deed-and-map eviction-order indictment intestate-estate jury-verdict land-documents licensed-surveyor mandate ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial non-transferability-of-crimes preliminary-investigation private-prosecutor private-prosecutrix restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia survey-fraud termination-of-criminal-proceedings theft-of-property virginia | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Karmo et al v. Morris (1919) | 1919, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Customary Law | Anglo-Liberian boundary conventions, arrest without warrant, bail and bond, constitutional law, contempt power, customary governance, customary law, Ding, Due Process, enforcement of bond, executive overreach, forty-mile limit, Franco-Liberian boundary conventions, Golah country, habeas corpus, hinterland administration, Interior Department, International Law, judicial power, Jurisdiction, Liberian Frontier Force, native chiefs, public order, Secretary of the Interior, separation of powers, territorial sovereignty, Todee, treaties and conventions, unlawful detention, White Plains | karmo-et-al-v-morris-1919 | anglo-liberian-boundary-conventions arrest-without-warrant bail-and-bond constitutional-law contempt-power customary-governance customary-law ding due-process enforcement-of-bond executive-overreach forty-mile-limit franco-liberian-boundary-conventions golah-country habeas-corpus hinterland-administration interior-department international-law judicial-power jurisdiction liberian-frontier-force native-chiefs public-order secretary-of-the-interior separation-of-powers territorial-sovereignty todee treaties-and-conventions unlawful-detention white-plains | 1919-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases customary-law supreme-court | |
| Kesseley v. RL (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, admissibility of statement, Appeal, Appellate Review, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, circumstantial evidence, Confession, coroner report, Criminal Court “A”, Criminal Law, indictment, JFK Medical Center, judgment affirmed, Jury Trial, Liberia National Police, Life Imprisonment, Miranda Rights, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, murder weapon, Presumption of Innocence, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, tampering with evidence | kesseley-v-rl-2023 | 2023-opinions admissibility-of-statement appeal appellate-review beyond-a-reasonable-doubt circumstantial-evidence confession coroner-report criminal-court-a criminal-law indictment jfk-medical-center judgment-affirmed jury-trial liberia-national-police life-imprisonment miranda-rights monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder murder-weapon presumption-of-innocence right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia tampering-with-evidence | 2023-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Koffa v RL (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law | 1988 Opinions, appellate modification, Criminal Law, dismissal of indictment, double jeopardy, hunting accident, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, mistaken killing, murder, reasonable doubt, reprosecution, Supreme Court of Liberia | koffa-v-rl-1988 | 1988-opinions appellate-modification criminal-law dismissal-of-indictment double-jeopardy hunting-accident malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county mistaken-killing murder reasonable-doubt reprosecution supreme-court-of-liberia | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Koffa v RL LRSC 1; 34 LLR 489 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law | 1988 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, dismissal of indictment, double jeopardy, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, murder, reasonable doubt, reindictment, Supreme Court of Liberia | koffa-v-rl-lrsc-1-34-llr-489-1988 | 1988-opinions appellate-review criminal-law dismissal-of-indictment double-jeopardy jury-verdict malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county murder reasonable-doubt reindictment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Korlubah et al. vs. R.L (2020) | 2020, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, bench trial, Criminal Court “B”, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, evidentiary relevance, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, possession of property, prior occupancy, property possession, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, summary proceedings to recover possession, Supreme Court of Liberia, title dispute | korlubah-et-al-vs-r-l-2020 | 2013-opinions appellate-review bench-trial criminal-court-b criminal-law criminal-mischief criminal-trespass evidentiary-relevance land-dispute montserrado-county possession-of-property prior-occupancy property-possession reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction summary-proceedings-to-recover-possession supreme-court-of-liberia title-dispute | 2020-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Kowo et al. v Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, Appeal, bench trial, burden of proof, by and through the Ministry of Justice, cause of death, change of venue, coroner’s report, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, evidentiary insufficiency, Grand Bassa County, lesser included offense, manslaughter, modification of judgment, modification of sentence, murder, negligent homicide, Nimba County, Penal Law, police misconduct, reasonable doubt, Republic of Liberia, Second Judicial Circuit, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, use of force, waiver of jury trial | kowo-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions appeal bench-trial burden-of-proof by-and-through-the-ministry-of-justice cause-of-death change-of-venue coroners-report criminal-law criminal-procedure-law evidentiary-insufficiency grand-bassa-county lesser-included-offense manslaughter modification-of-judgment modification-of-sentence murder negligent-homicide nimba-county penal-law police-misconduct reasonable-doubt republic-of-liberia second-judicial-circuit sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia use-of-force waiver-of-jury-trial | 2023-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Kpadeh v RL et al LRSC 43; 22 LLR 121 (1973) | 1973, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1973 Opinions, alternative writ, appellate procedure, Certiorari, conflicting statutes, conspiracy, constitutional limits, construction of statutes, Criminal Procedure, denial of bail, denial of writ, dismissal of appeal, First Judicial Circuit, judicial discretion, judicial power, Justice in Chambers, lack of appellate jurisdiction, legislative intent, Montserrado County, non-appealable orders, notice of appeal, nullity of appeal, original jurisdiction, Procedural Law, refusal to issue writ, remedial writs, rules of practice, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of certiorari | kpadeh-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-43-22-llr-121-1973 | 1973-opinions alternative-writ appellate-procedure certiorari conflicting-statutes conspiracy constitutional-limits construction-of-statutes criminal-procedure denial-of-bail denial-of-writ dismissal-of-appeal first-judicial-circuit judicial-discretion judicial-power justice-in-chambers lack-of-appellate-jurisdiction legislative-intent montserrado-county non-appealable-orders notice-of-appeal nullity-of-appeal original-jurisdiction procedural-law refusal-to-issue-writ remedial-writs rules-of-practice separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-certiorari | 1973-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Kpolleh et al v RL LRSC 1; 36 LLR 623 (1990) | 1990, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1990 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, attempt to overthrow government, Confession, conspiracy, constitutional subversion, corroboration, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Law, Due Process, fair trial, harmless error, indictment, judicial discretion, Jury Trial, Montserrado County, overt act, remand for new trial, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, treason | 1990-opinions accomplice-testimony admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review attempt-to-overthrow-government confession conspiracy constitutional-subversion corroboration criminal-assizes-a criminal-law due-process fair-trial harmless-error indictment judicial-discretion jury-trial montserrado-county overt-act remand-for-new-trial reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia treason | 1990-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | ||
| Kposo v RL LRSC 74; 22 LLR 274 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law | 1973 Opinions, appellate dismissal, appellate procedure, counsel absence, Criminal Law, dismissal of appeal, enforcement of court rules, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to appear, failure to prosecute appeal, judgment without opinion, judicial enforcement, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Procedural Default, resumption of jurisdiction, Rule IV Part 6 Rules of Court 1972, Supreme Court of Liberia | kposo-v-rl-lrsc-74-22-llr-274-1973 | 1973-opinions appellate-dismissal appellate-procedure counsel-absence criminal-law dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-court-rules enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-appear failure-to-prosecute-appeal judgment-without-opinion judicial-enforcement mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county procedural-default resumption-of-jurisdiction rule-iv-part-6-rules-of-court-1972 supreme-court-of-liberia | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kra v RL LRSC 2; 1 LLR 440 (1905) | 1905, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law | absence of tampering, admiralty law, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, common law, correction of sentence, Criminal Law, curative orders, depositions, fines and imprisonment, illegal sentence, issuance of process, justice of the peace proceedings, libel in admiralty, monition, Piracy, protection of foreign commerce, Public Policy, punishment for piracy, Restitution, Statutory interpretation, technical irregularities, unsealed depositions, wrecked vessels, Writ of Error | kra-v-rl-lrsc-2-1-llr-440-1905 | absence-of-tampering admiralty-law admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review common-law correction-of-sentence criminal-law curative-orders depositions fines-and-imprisonment illegal-sentence issuance-of-process justice-of-the-peace-proceedings libel-in-admiralty monition piracy protection-of-foreign-commerce public-policy punishment-for-piracy restitution statutory-interpretation technical-irregularities unsealed-depositions wrecked-vessels writ-of-error | 1905-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law maritime-law supreme-court | |
| Kroma v RL LRSC 31; 32 LLR 198 (1984) | 1984, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1984 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Law, hearsay evidence, homicide, involuntary manslaughter, Lofa County, malice aforethought, manslaughter, murder, negligent handling of firearm, reasonable doubt, reduction of sentence, reversal of conviction, single barrel gun, Supreme Court of Liberia | kroma-v-rl-lrsc-31-32-llr-198-1984 | 1984-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-law hearsay-evidence homicide involuntary-manslaughter lofa-county malice-aforethought manslaughter murder negligent-handling-of-firearm reasonable-doubt reduction-of-sentence reversal-of-conviction single-barrel-gun supreme-court-of-liberia | 1984-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Ledlow v RL LRSC 4; 1 LLR 376 (1901) | 1901, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, confinement pending restoration of sanity, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, criminal intent, Criminal Law, death sentence, dementia accidentalis, diagnosis evidence, executive release authority, Expert Testimony, grades of evidence, hallucination, homicide, indictment, insane delusion, insanity defense, Jury Verdict, medical jurisprudence, mental incapacity, Montserrado County, murder, new trial, physician testimony, plea of insanity, prosecution duty to prove sanity, reasonable doubt, release upon medical certification, reversal of conviction, sound mind and memory, standard of proof, strange conduct evidence | ledlow-v-rl-lrsc-4-1-llr-376-1901 | admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review burden-of-proof confinement-pending-restoration-of-sanity court-of-quarter-sessions-and-common-pleas criminal-intent criminal-law death-sentence dementia-accidentalis diagnosis-evidence executive-release-authority expert-testimony grades-of-evidence hallucination homicide indictment insane-delusion insanity-defense jury-verdict medical-jurisprudence mental-incapacity montserrado-county murder new-trial physician-testimony plea-of-insanity prosecution-duty-to-prove-sanity reasonable-doubt release-upon-medical-certification reversal-of-conviction sound-mind-and-memory standard-of-proof strange-conduct-evidence | 1901-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Lewis S. v RL et al LRSC 29; 29 LLR 578 (1982) | 1982, Anti-Corruption, Criminal Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of case, abandonment of prosecution, appellate procedure, Certiorari, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, dismissal, embezzlement, judgment without opinion, Ministry of Justice, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, Third Judicial Circuit | lewis-s-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-29-29-llr-578-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-case abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-procedure certiorari criminal-law discharge-of-defendant dismissal embezzlement judgment-without-opinion ministry-of-justice sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia third-judicial-circuit | 1982-1 anti-corruption criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberia Standards Authority Act of 2018 (2022) | 2022, Banking, Business and Commerce Laws, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Executive Law | accountability, Administrative Law, annual reporting, audits, board oversight, calibration, certification, Codex Alimentarius, Conflict of Interest, conformity assessment, consumer protection, corporate governance, Council of the Liberia Standards Authority, Deputy Director Generals, Director General, economic regulation, ECOQUAL, ECOSHAM, ECOWAS law, ECOWAS quality infrastructure, Executive Law, fees and charges, financial provisions, funding sources, indemnity, industrial development, international trade, ISO guidelines, Liberia Standards Authority, Liberia Standards Authority Act, licensing, LiSA, metrology, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, National Standards Council, National Standards Laboratory, offenses and penalties, product standards, public corporation, quality infrastructure, regional and international standards bodies, regulations, regulatory compliance, semi-autonomous agency, service standards, standardization, standardization mark, standards law, standards mark, TBT, technical regulations, testing and inspection, trade facilitation, transitional provisions, WTO Technical Barriers to Trade | liberia-standards-authority-act-of-2018-2022 | accountability administrative-law annual-reporting audits board-oversight calibration certification codex-alimentarius conflict-of-interest conformity-assessment consumer-protection corporate-governance council-of-the-liberia-standards-authority deputy-director-generals director-general economic-regulation ecoqual ecosham ecowas-law ecowas-quality-infrastructure executive-law fees-and-charges financial-provisions funding-sources indemnity industrial-development international-trade iso-guidelines liberia-standards-authority liberia-standards-authority-act licensing lisa metrology ministry-of-commerce-and-industry national-standards-council national-standards-laboratory offenses-and-penalties product-standards public-corporation quality-infrastructure regional-and-international-standards-bodies regulations regulatory-compliance semi-autonomous-agency service-standards standardization standardization-mark standards-law standards-mark tbt technical-regulations testing-and-inspection trade-facilitation transitional-provisions wto-technical-barriers-to-trade | 2022 banking-business-and-commerce-laws corporate-law criminal-law-cases executive-law legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts supreme-court | |
| Living Counsellor et al v RL LRSC 22 (2008) | 2008, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2008 Opinions, Appellate Review, child victims, Criminal Law, evidentiary corroboration, first degree rape, indictment sufficiency, judgment affirmed, jury instructions, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, motion to dismiss indictment, Never Die Church, police testimony, province of the jury, Rape, sentencing, sexual violence, Supreme Court of Liberia | living-counsellor-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-22-2008 | 2008-opinions appellate-review child-victims criminal-law evidentiary-corroboration first-degree-rape indictment-sufficiency judgment-affirmed jury-instructions life-imprisonment medical-evidence monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal motion-to-dismiss-indictment never-die-church police-testimony province-of-the-jury rape sentencing sexual-violence supreme-court-of-liberia | 2008-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Logan v RL LRSC 44; 33 LLR 434 (1985) | 1985, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1985 Opinions, Appellate Review, ballistics evidence, Confession, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, double jeopardy, Due Process, evidentiary identification, First Judicial Circuit, flight, indictment, jury instructions, malice aforethought, modification of sentence, Montserrado County, murder, Nolle Prosequi, reasonable doubt, recusal, Supreme Court of Liberia | logan-v-rl-lrsc-44-33-llr-434-1985 | 1985-opinions appellate-review ballistics-evidence confession criminal-assizes criminal-law death-penalty double-jeopardy due-process evidentiary-identification first-judicial-circuit flight indictment jury-instructions malice-aforethought modification-of-sentence montserrado-county murder nolle-prosequi reasonable-doubt recusal supreme-court-of-liberia | 1985-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| MacDeshield v RL LRSC 44; 22 LLR 131 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Family Law, Health Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, absence of malice, absence of premeditation, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, cause of death, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, corroborative evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dangerous weapon, declarant unavailable, denial of new trial, domestic relationship, dying declarations, evidentiary weight, exceptions to hearsay, Expert Testimony, First Judicial Circuit, hearsay rule, homicide, imprisonment sentence, intent presumption, intimate partner violence, judicial instructions to jury, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, manslaughter, medical evidence, modification of judgment, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, pathologist evidence, probative value of hearsay, proof of instrument, res gestae, reversal as modified, sentencing modification, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful killing, variance between allegation and proof | macdeshield-v-rl-lrsc-44-22-llr-131-1973 | 1973-opinions absence-of-malice absence-of-premeditation admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review best-evidence-rule cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti corroborative-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure dangerous-weapon declarant-unavailable denial-of-new-trial domestic-relationship dying-declarations evidentiary-weight exceptions-to-hearsay expert-testimony first-judicial-circuit hearsay-rule homicide imprisonment-sentence intent-presumption intimate-partner-violence judicial-instructions-to-jury jury-verdict malice-aforethought manslaughter medical-evidence modification-of-judgment montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder pathologist-evidence probative-value-of-hearsay proof-of-instrument res-gestae reversal-as-modified sentencing-modification supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-killing variance-between-allegation-and-proof | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law family-law-cases health-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Mardea v RL LRSC 8; 12 LLR 289 1956 | 1956, Criminal Law | Appeal, Appeal bond, Circuit Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Criminal Law, dismissal of appeal, Failure to Perfect Appeal, jurisdiction of appellate court, Maryland County, mayhem, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default | mardea-v-rl-lrsc-8-12-llr-289-1956 | appeal appeal-bond circuit-court-of-the-fourth-judicial-circuit criminal-law dismissal-of-appeal failure-to-perfect-appeal jurisdiction-of-appellate-court maryland-county mayhem motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default | 1956-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Marpleh et al v RL LRSC 33; 19 LLR 335 (1969) | 1969, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1969 Opinions, accessory after the fact, aiding felon, Appellate Review, bearer instrument, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Bureau of General Accounting and Audits, corpus delicti, Court Administrator, Criminal Law, criminal participation, cross-examination, directed verdict, escape from punishment, Evidence, evidentiary error, false payroll entries, fictitious employees, fictitious payee, First Judicial Circuit, forged endorsements, fraudulent payroll, government checks, grand larceny, harmless error, judicial finance fraud, Judiciary payroll, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, larceny, merchant testimony, Montserrado County, negotiable instruments, Nimba County Debt Court, payroll clerk testimony, payroll fraud, plea of not guilty, pre-audit irregularities, principal and accessory distinction, prosecution witnesses, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia, Treasury Department, variance, variance between indictment and proof, voucher fraud | marpleh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-33-19-llr-335-1969 | 1969-opinions accessory-after-the-fact aiding-felon appellate-review bearer-instrument best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof bureau-of-general-accounting-and-audits corpus-delicti court-administrator criminal-law criminal-participation cross-examination directed-verdict escape-from-punishment evidence evidentiary-error false-payroll-entries fictitious-employees fictitious-payee first-judicial-circuit forged-endorsements fraudulent-payroll government-checks grand-larceny harmless-error judicial-finance-fraud judiciary-payroll jury-trial jury-verdict larceny merchant-testimony montserrado-county negotiable-instruments nimba-county-debt-court payroll-clerk-testimony payroll-fraud plea-of-not-guilty pre-audit-irregularities principal-and-accessory-distinction prosecution-witnesses reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia treasury-department variance variance-between-indictment-and-proof voucher-fraud | 1969-1 commercial-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Marty v RL LRSC 1; 18 LLR 3 (1967) | 1967, Aviation Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1967 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, absence of intent, accident versus intent, aircraft crash, appellate procedure, argument in absence of appellee, aviation accident, criminal intent, Criminal Law, cross-examination, discharge of defendant, duty of court to decide, evidentiary insufficiency, Expert Testimony, First Judicial Circuit, Francesco Ricart Marty, insufficiency of evidence, James Spriggs Payne airfield, Jury Verdict, lack of malice, Liberian Air Taxi Company, malicious mischief, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, nonappearance of appellee, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia | marty-v-rl-lrsc-1-18-llr-3-1967 | 1967-opinions abandonment-of-appeal absence-of-intent accident-versus-intent aircraft-crash appellate-procedure argument-in-absence-of-appellee aviation-accident criminal-intent criminal-law cross-examination discharge-of-defendant duty-of-court-to-decide evidentiary-insufficiency expert-testimony first-judicial-circuit francesco-ricart-marty insufficiency-of-evidence james-spriggs-payne-airfield jury-verdict lack-of-malice liberian-air-taxi-company malicious-mischief montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial nonappearance-of-appellee reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia | 1967-1 aviation-law criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Mason v RL LRSC 60; 22 LLR 258 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1973 Opinions, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, concurrence of parties, confession evidence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, discharge without day, Due Process, evidentiary gaps, failure of proof, fair trial, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, judgment without opinion, judicial disqualification, mandate to lower court, missing evidence, Montserrado County, nonfeasance, prosecutorial concession, reasonable doubt, recusal of justices, reversal of conviction, submission by appellee, Supreme Court of Liberia | mason-v-rl-lrsc-60-22-llr-258-1973 | 1973-opinions appellate-procedure appellate-review concurrence-of-parties confession-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure discharge-without-day due-process evidentiary-gaps failure-of-proof fair-trial indictment insufficiency-of-evidence judgment-without-opinion judicial-disqualification mandate-to-lower-court missing-evidence montserrado-county nonfeasance prosecutorial-concession reasonable-doubt recusal-of-justices reversal-of-conviction submission-by-appellee supreme-court-of-liberia | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Massaquoi v RL LRSC 14 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, blood-stained clothing, child sexual abuse, child victim testimony, Civil Procedure Law Section 25.7, commutation of sentence, corroboration, Criminal Court E, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, expert witness, fifty-year sentence, hearsay exception, indictment, intimidation, Jury Verdict, knife threat, Life Imprisonment, medical evidence, modification of sentence, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Penal Law Section 14.70, physician assistant testimony, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Rape, sentencing, sexual violence, statutory rape, Supreme Court of Liberia | massaquoi-v-rl-lrsc-14-2014 | admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review blood-stained-clothing child-sexual-abuse child-victim-testimony civil-procedure-law-section-25-7 commutation-of-sentence corroboration criminal-court-e criminal-law criminal-procedure-law expert-witness fifty-year-sentence hearsay-exception indictment intimidation jury-verdict knife-threat life-imprisonment medical-evidence modification-of-sentence monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial penal-law-section-14-70 physician-assistant-testimony proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt rape sentencing sexual-violence statutory-rape supreme-court-of-liberia | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Matadi v Holt et al LRSC 29 (2009) | 2009, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law | 2009 Opinions, Appellate Review, capital offense, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Death Penalty, Due Process, fair trial, indictment, ineffective assistance of counsel, international human rights law, Jury Verdict, legal aid, Life Imprisonment, Montserrado County, murder, Penal Law of Liberia, reversal and remand, right to counsel, self-defense, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial de novo | matadi-v-holt-et-al-lrsc-29-2009 | 2009-opinions appellate-review capital-offense criminal-assizes-a criminal-law criminal-procedure-law death-penalty due-process fair-trial indictment ineffective-assistance-of-counsel international-human-rights-law jury-verdict legal-aid life-imprisonment montserrado-county murder penal-law-of-liberia reversal-and-remand right-to-counsel self-defense supreme-court-of-liberia trial-de-novo | 2009-1 criminal-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Matierzo v RL LRSC 21; 34 LLR 791 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, compulsory process, constitutional rights of the accused, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, death sentence, deposition, Due Process, eyewitness testimony, fair and impartial trial, fair trial, Filipino national, hearsay, hearsay evidence, high seas jurisdiction, insufficiency of evidence, intent, letters rogatory, Liberian-registered vessel, malice aforethought, maritime crime, Montserrado County, murder, new trial, reasonable doubt, reversal and remand, right to confront witnesses, right to counsel, right to obtain witnesses, suppression of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness testimony | matierzo-v-rl-lrsc-21-34-llr-791-1988 | 1988-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof compulsory-process constitutional-rights-of-the-accused criminal-assizes criminal-law criminal-procedure death-sentence deposition due-process eyewitness-testimony fair-and-impartial-trial fair-trial filipino-national hearsay hearsay-evidence high-seas-jurisdiction insufficiency-of-evidence intent letters-rogatory liberian-registered-vessel malice-aforethought maritime-crime montserrado-county murder new-trial reasonable-doubt reversal-and-remand right-to-confront-witnesses right-to-counsel right-to-obtain-witnesses suppression-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia witness-testimony | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Mayango v Republic of Liberia (RL) LRSC 30 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law | 2014, aggravated assault, Appellate Review, Article 21(d) Constitution of Liberia, burden of proof, constitutional law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, excessive punishment, first degree misdemeanor, incarceration, indictment, judicial discretion, lesser included offense, mandate, misdemeanor classification, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, mutual consent, palpable mistake, Penal Law Section 14.21, Penal Law Section 50.7, petition for reargument, second degree misdemeanor, sentencing, simple assault, standard of review, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Supreme Court Rules IX, waiver of jury trial | mayango-v-republic-of-liberia-rl-lrsc-30-2014 mayango-v-rl-lrsc-30-2014 | 2014 aggravated-assault appellate-review article-21d-constitution-of-liberia burden-of-proof constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process excessive-punishment first-degree-misdemeanor incarceration indictment judicial-discretion lesser-included-offense mandate misdemeanor-classification monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county mutual-consent palpable-mistake penal-law-section-14-21 penal-law-section-50-7 petition-for-reargument second-degree-misdemeanor sentencing simple-assault standard-of-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia supreme-court-rules-ix waiver-of-jury-trial | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Momo v RL LRSC 41 (2005) | 2005, Criminal Law | 2005 Opinions, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, dismissal of appeal, judgment without opinion, Monrovia, notice of withdrawal, procedural termination, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, withdrawal of appeal | momo-v-rl-lrsc-41-2005 | 2005-opinions appellate-procedure criminal-law dismissal-of-appeal judgment-without-opinion monrovia notice-of-withdrawal procedural-termination supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property withdrawal-of-appeal | 2005-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Monie et al v RL LRSC 2; 34 LLR 502 (1988) | 1988, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, constitutional rights, corpus delicti, corroboration, Criminal Law, custodial statement, Due Process, inadmissible confession, Lofa County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia | monie-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-2-34-llr-502-1988 | 1988-opinions accomplice-testimony constitutional-rights corpus-delicti corroboration criminal-law custodial-statement due-process inadmissible-confession lofa-county murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia | 1988-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Monie et al v. RL (1988) | 1988, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, coerced confession, constitutional rights, corpus delicti, corroboration, Criminal Law, Due Process, inadmissible evidence, Lofa County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | monie-et-al-v-rl-1988 | 1988-opinions accomplice-testimony coerced-confession constitutional-rights corpus-delicti corroboration criminal-law due-process inadmissible-evidence lofa-county murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | 1988-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Morris Kiazolu et al. v. Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2024 Opinions, administrators, affirmative defense, appeal granted, Archives, Article 21(h), Assistant Registrar of Deeds, bench trial, bona fide purchaser, burden of proof, buyer liability, Catholic Community, Chain of Title, costs disallowed, courts of record, criminal conspiracy, criminal conveyance of land, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Decree of Sale, deed, documentary evidence, ejectment as proper remedy, Estate Administration, extended letters of administration, good faith purchaser, indictment, Intestate Estate, Land Dispute, land records search, Letters of Administration, Liberia Land Authority, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Oldest Congo Town, Paynesville City, presentence investigation, private prosecutrix, probate court authorization, probation services, procedural irregularity, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, public land sale deed, real estate tax receipts, Real Property, reasonable hypothesis of innocence, restitution order, Reversal, seller liability, sentencing error, severance, superiority of title, Supreme Court of Liberia, surveyor liability, title dispute, waiver of jury trial | morris-kiazolu-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions administrators affirmative-defense appeal-granted archives article-21h assistant-registrar-of-deeds bench-trial bona-fide-purchaser burden-of-proof buyer-liability catholic-community chain-of-title costs-disallowed courts-of-record criminal-conspiracy criminal-conveyance-of-land criminal-law criminal-procedure-law decree-of-sale deed documentary-evidence ejectment-as-proper-remedy estate-administration extended-letters-of-administration good-faith-purchaser indictment intestate-estate land-dispute land-records-search letters-of-administration liberia-land-authority mandate monrovia montserrado-county oldest-congo-town paynesville-city presentence-investigation private-prosecutrix probate-court-authorization probation-services procedural-irregularity proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt public-land-sale-deed real-estate-tax-receipts real-property reasonable-hypothesis-of-innocence restitution-order reversal seller-liability sentencing-error severance superiority-of-title supreme-court-of-liberia surveyor-liability title-dispute waiver-of-jury-trial | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mulbah v His Honor A. Blamo Dixon (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Insurance Law | absconding, Appellate Review, bail, bailiwick, Bill of information, bond forfeiture, bonding company, Brewerville Magisterial Court, burglary, clarification of mandate, criminal appearance bond, Criminal Assizes Court “C”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, human surety, improper execution of mandate, judicial bias, mandate, Mandate Enforcement, Montserrado County, Presumption of Innocence, private prosecutor, property valuation bond, reasonable doubt, recusal, Sky International Insurance Company, stipulation for payment, substitution of bond, Summary Proceedings, surety, Theft of Property, trial on the merits, withdrawal of bond | becca-mulbah-vs-a-blamo-dixon-2024 | absconding appellate-review bail bailiwick bill-of-information bond-forfeiture bonding-company brewerville-magisterial-court burglary clarification-of-mandate criminal-appearance-bond criminal-assizes-court-c criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process enforcement-of-judgment human-surety improper-execution-of-mandate judicial-bias mandate mandate-enforcement montserrado-county presumption-of-innocence private-prosecutor property-valuation-bond reasonable-doubt recusal sky-international-insurance-company stipulation-for-payment substitution-of-bond summary-proceedings surety theft-of-property trial-on-the-merits withdrawal-of-bond | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Munnah et al v RL LRSC 34; 35 LLR 40 (1988) | 1988, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 1988 Opinions, accomplice liability, affray, aggravated assault, burden of proof, Criminal Law, Due Process, fair trial, judicial bias, jury instructions, malicious intent, Montserrado County, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia | munnah-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-34-35-llr-40-1988 | 1988-opinions accomplice-liability affray aggravated-assault burden-of-proof criminal-law due-process fair-trial judicial-bias jury-instructions malicious-intent montserrado-county presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia | 1988-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Narmah v RL LRSC 25; 34 LLR 842 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, criminal conviction reversed, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, criminal prosecution, discharge of defendant, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, mandate to lower court, motion in arrest of judgment, Penal Law, reasonable doubt, reversal of judgment, Solicitor General of Liberia, Supreme Court of Liberia, theft of services | narmah-v-rl-lrsc-25-34-llr-842-1988 | 1988-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-conviction-reversed criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution discharge-of-defendant indictment insufficiency-of-evidence mandate-to-lower-court motion-in-arrest-of-judgment penal-law reasonable-doubt reversal-of-judgment solicitor-general-of-liberia supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-services | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Netty-Blanquett v RL et al LRSC 23 (2009) | 2009, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Evidence Law | 2009 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, Brewerville Magisterial Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, constitutional rights, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, Due Process, illegal execution of warrant, inventory of seized items, judicial duty, judicial hierarchy, Jurisdiction, Magistrate Misconduct, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, motion to return property, National Security Agency, reversal of judgment, search and seizure, specificity of warrant, statutory authority, suppression of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires acts, unlawful search, warrant | netty-blanquett-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-23-2009 | 2009-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review brewerville-magisterial-court concurrent-jurisdiction constitutional-rights criminal-assizes-c criminal-law due-process illegal-execution-of-warrant inventory-of-seized-items judicial-duty judicial-hierarchy jurisdiction magistrate-misconduct monrovia-city-court montserrado-county motion-to-return-property national-security-agency reversal-of-judgment search-and-seizure specificity-of-warrant statutory-authority suppression-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-acts unlawful-search warrant | 2009-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Nimely et al v RL LRSC 48; 21 LLR 348 (1972) | 1972, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, National Security Law | 1972 Opinions, alleged theft accusation, Appellate Review, burden of proof, causation, cause of death, circumstantial evidence, conjectural evidence, corpus delicti, criminal agency, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, discharge of defendants, evidentiary weakness, First Judicial Circuit, forensic uncertainty., homicide, identification of instruments, indictment, inquest, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, New Kru Town, pathologist testimony, postmortem evidence, Presumption of Innocence, proof beyond reasonable doubt, reasonable doubt, Reversal, rope evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, vigilante beating, violent death, wire evidence | nimely-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-48-21-llr-348-1972 | 1972-opinions alleged-theft-accusation appellate-review burden-of-proof causation cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence conjectural-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-agency criminal-law criminal-procedure discharge-of-defendants evidentiary-weakness first-judicial-circuit forensic-uncertainty homicide identification-of-instruments indictment inquest insufficiency-of-evidence jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder new-kru-town pathologist-testimony postmortem-evidence presumption-of-innocence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt reversal rope-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia vigilante-beating violent-death wire-evidence | 1972-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law national-security-law supreme-court | |
| Nimley et al v RL LRSC 140; 30 LLR 676 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1983 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, confession evidence, corroboration requirement, Criminal Law, discharge of defendants, Grand Gedeh County, homicide, insufficient evidence, involuntary confession, murder, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, ritual killing allegation, Supreme Court of Liberia | nimley-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-140-30-llr-676-1983 | 1983-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence confession-evidence corroboration-requirement criminal-law discharge-of-defendants grand-gedeh-county homicide insufficient-evidence involuntary-confession murder reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction ritual-killing-allegation supreme-court-of-liberia | 1983-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Nurse v RL LRSC 10; 21 LLR 474 (1973) | 1973, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1973 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, embezzlement, Final Judgment, First Judicial Circuit, guilty plea, guilty verdict, judgment vacated, judicial authority, judicial removal, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion for reargument, motion to remand, nullity of judgment, plea withdrawal, reargument, remand, removal from office, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial irregularity, Void Judgment, withdrawal of motion for new trial | nurse-v-rl-lrsc-10-21-llr-474-1973 | 1973-opinions appeal appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process embezzlement final-judgment first-judicial-circuit guilty-plea guilty-verdict judgment-vacated judicial-authority judicial-removal jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-for-reargument motion-to-remand nullity-of-judgment plea-withdrawal reargument remand removal-from-office supreme-court-of-liberia trial-irregularity void-judgment withdrawal-of-motion-for-new-trial | 1973-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Nurse v RL LRSC 44; 20 LLR 351 (1971) | 1971, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1971 opinions, affirmance, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, change of plea, Charles D. B. Nurse, conversion of property, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, embezzlement, factual issues, Firestone Plantations, First Judicial Circuit, fraud, Jury Verdict, loss of right to appeal, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, plea of guilty, prerequisite for appeal, public official misconduct, Restitution, right of appeal, sentencing, stipendiary magistrate, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver, waiver of rights, withdrawal of motion for new trial | nurse-v-rl-lrsc-44-20-llr-351-1971 | 1971-opinions affirmance appellate-review bill-of-exceptions change-of-plea charles-d-b-nurse conversion-of-property criminal-law criminal-procedure embezzlement factual-issues firestone-plantations first-judicial-circuit fraud jury-verdict loss-of-right-to-appeal montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment plea-of-guilty prerequisite-for-appeal public-official-misconduct restitution right-of-appeal sentencing stipendiary-magistrate supreme-court-of-liberia waiver waiver-of-rights withdrawal-of-motion-for-new-trial | 1971-1 anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Obi v RL LRSC 4; 20 LLR 166 (1971) | 1971, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1971 opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, apprehension, automatic pistol, Benoit Michelon, Bill of Exceptions, Bishop Dillard H. Brown, Claude Nader, Criminal Law, criminal pleading, Cuttington College and Divinity School, deadly weapon, double jeopardy, Episcopal Mission, express malice, flight, homicide, implied malice, indictment, insanity defense, intent to kill, intoxication, Jacob David, jury charge, Justin M. Obi, malice aforethought, mental disturbance, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, motion to quash, murder, Patricia Anne Newiss, presumption of malice, psychiatric examination, shooting, sociopathic personality disturbance, sufficiency of indictment, summary of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, waived exceptions | obi-v-rl-lrsc-4-20-llr-166-1971 | 1971-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review apprehension automatic-pistol benoit-michelon bill-of-exceptions bishop-dillard-h-brown claude-nader criminal-law criminal-pleading cuttington-college-and-divinity-school deadly-weapon double-jeopardy episcopal-mission express-malice flight homicide implied-malice indictment insanity-defense intent-to-kill intoxication jacob-david jury-charge justin-m-obi malice-aforethought mental-disturbance monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-quash murder patricia-anne-newiss presumption-of-malice psychiatric-examination shooting sociopathic-personality-disturbance sufficiency-of-indictment summary-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia waived-exceptions | 1971-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | |
| Otto v RL LRSC 5; 17 LLR 186 (1966) | 1966, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1966 Opinions, acquittal standard, Appellate Review, benefit of doubt, Careysburg, causation of death, chain of evidence, circumstantial evidence, coroner’s inquest, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to prove cause of death, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, hypothesis of innocence, inconsistent evidence, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, lack of direct evidence, medical evidence, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, prosecutorial failure, reasonable inference, reversal of conviction, standard of proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance between indictment and proof | otto-v-rl-lrsc-5-17-llr-186-1966 | 1966-opinions acquittal-standard appellate-review benefit-of-doubt careysburg causation-of-death chain-of-evidence circumstantial-evidence coroners-inquest corpus-delicti criminal-law discharge-of-defendant due-process evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-prove-cause-of-death fair-trial first-judicial-circuit hypothesis-of-innocence inconsistent-evidence indictment insufficiency-of-evidence jury-trial jury-verdict lack-of-direct-evidence medical-evidence montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt prosecutorial-failure reasonable-inference reversal-of-conviction standard-of-proof supreme-court-of-liberia variance-between-indictment-and-proof | 1966-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | |
| Owens et al v RL LRSC 66; 29 LLR 422 (1981) | 1981, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1981 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, discharge without day, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, judgment without opinion, Judicial Recusal, Liberia, mandate to trial court, procedural disposition, recusal of justices, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia | owens-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-66-29-llr-422-1981 | 1981-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-law discharge-without-day dismissal-of-appeal due-process judgment-without-opinion judicial-recusal liberia mandate-to-trial-court procedural-disposition recusal-of-justices solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia | 1981-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Perkins v RL LRSC 58; 23 LLR 352 (1974) | 1974, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1974 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, documentary evidence, false representation, Greenville, indictment, intent to defraud, Jury Verdict, motion in arrest of judgment, Motion to Dismiss, obtaining money under false pretense, pretrial motions, private prosecutor, Restitution, Sinoe County, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia | perkins-v-rl-lrsc-58-23-llr-352-1974 | 1974-opinions appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure-law documentary-evidence false-representation greenville indictment intent-to-defraud jury-verdict motion-in-arrest-of-judgment motion-to-dismiss obtaining-money-under-false-pretense pretrial-motions private-prosecutor restitution sinoe-county sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1974-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Pewue v RL LRSC 47; 35 LLR 167 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, best evidence rule, burden of proof, cause of death, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, evidentiary insufficiency, hearsay evidence, identification of documents, identification of handwriting, identification of signature, Lofa County, medical report, murder, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness identification | pewue-v-rl-lrsc-47-35-llr-167-1988 | 1988-opinions best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof cause-of-death corpus-delicti criminal-law evidentiary-insufficiency hearsay-evidence identification-of-documents identification-of-handwriting identification-of-signature lofa-county medical-report murder presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia witness-identification | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Pinket v RL LRSC 66; 22 LLR 266 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law | 1973 Opinions, appellate procedure, counsel absence, Criminal Law, dismissal of appeal, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to complete appeal, judgment without opinion, judicial disqualification, lack of jurisdiction, mandate to lower court, Motion to Dismiss, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, procedural requirements, recusal of Justice, resumption of jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of appeal | pinket-v-rl-lrsc-66-22-llr-266-1973 | 1973-opinions appellate-procedure counsel-absence criminal-law dismissal-of-appeal enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-complete-appeal judgment-without-opinion judicial-disqualification lack-of-jurisdiction mandate-to-lower-court motion-to-dismiss notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default procedural-requirements recusal-of-justice resumption-of-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-appeal | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Raynes et al v RL LRSC 9; 36 LLR 203 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Judiciary Law | 1989 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, admissibility, Appellate Review, Bong County, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, confessions, constitutional rights, corroboration, Criminal Law, Due Process, evidentiary standards, hearsay evidence, judicial error, jury charge, murder, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Prosecutorial Misconduct, reasonable doubt, remand for new trial, reversal of conviction, search and seizure, search warrant, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful search | raynes-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-9-36-llr-203-1989 | 1989-opinions accomplice-testimony admissibility appellate-review bong-county burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence confessions constitutional-rights corroboration criminal-law due-process evidentiary-standards hearsay-evidence judicial-error jury-charge murder ninth-judicial-circuit prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt remand-for-new-trial reversal-of-conviction search-and-seizure search-warrant supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-search | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia (RL) v His Honor Kaba et al. LRSC 1 (2015) | 2015, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 2015 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appeal, Beatrice Munah Sieh Brown, constitutional avoidance, constitutional law, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Court C, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, denial of appeal, double jeopardy, Due Process, economic sabotage, extraordinary writ, Final Judgment, Harris Manneh Dunn, indictment, judicial discretion, Jury Verdict, Kaymah N. Zeon, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), Liberia National Police, mandamus, Ministry of Finance, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion for Relief from Judgment, Nebo Garlo, new trial, Nunc Pro Tunc, petition for writ of mandamus, Prince O.A. Akinremi, reinstatement of verdict, Relief from Judgment, remedial proceedings, right of appeal, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, unanimous verdict | rl-v-his-honor-kaba-et-al-lrsc-1-2015 | 2015-opinions abuse-of-discretion appeal beatrice-munah-sieh-brown constitutional-avoidance constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-court-c criminal-facilitation criminal-law criminal-procedure denial-of-appeal double-jeopardy due-process economic-sabotage extraordinary-writ final-judgment harris-manneh-dunn indictment judicial-discretion jury-verdict kaymah-n-zeon liberia-anti-corruption-commission-lacc liberia-national-police mandamus ministry-of-finance montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-for-relief-from-judgment nebo-garlo new-trial nunc-pro-tunc petition-for-writ-of-mandamus prince-o-a-akinremi reinstatement-of-verdict relief-from-judgment remedial-proceedings right-of-appeal supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property unanimous-verdict | 2015-1 anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v Her Honor Serena Garlawolu et al. (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, bail, capital offense, constitutional right to bail, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law Section 13.1, Due Process, hung jury, interlocutory ruling, Montserrado County, presumption great, proof evident, statutory rape, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of certiorari | republic-of-liberia-vs-her-honor-serena-garlawolu-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review bail capital-offense constitutional-right-to-bail criminal-law criminal-procedure-law-section-13-1 due-process hung-jury interlocutory-ruling montserrado-county presumption-great proof-evident statutory-rape supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v His Honor J. Kennedy Peabody et al (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law | 2025 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, abuse of process, Appellate Review, Criminal Court “B”, Criminal Procedure, dismissal without prejudice, Final Judgment, interlocutory ruling, Jurisdiction, magistrate court, mandate, Monrovia City Magisterial Court, Motion to Dismiss, preliminary examination, remedies at law, Republic of Liberia, severance, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of certiorari | republic-of-liberia-v-his-honor-j-kennedy-peabody-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution abuse-of-process appellate-review criminal-court-b criminal-procedure dismissal-without-prejudice final-judgment interlocutory-ruling jurisdiction magistrate-court mandate monrovia-city-magisterial-court motion-to-dismiss preliminary-examination remedies-at-law republic-of-liberia severance summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v Ilyas LRSC 19 (2016) | 2016, Criminal Law | 2016 Opinions, 2nd Judicial Circuit Court, Appeal, Appellate Practice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, dismissal of appeal, Grand Bassa County, human trafficking, indictment, IST International Liberia Inc., Jurisdiction, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Procedural Default, Supreme Court of Liberia, trafficking in persons | republic-of-liberia-v-ilyas-lrsc-19-2016 | 2016-opinions 2nd-judicial-circuit-court appeal appellate-practice criminal-law criminal-procedure-law dismissal-of-appeal grand-bassa-county human-trafficking indictment ist-international-liberia-inc jurisdiction notice-of-completion-of-appeal procedural-default supreme-court-of-liberia trafficking-in-persons | 2016-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Republic of Liberia v Morgan (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law, Immigration Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Appellate Review, Criminal Court Assize “B”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, First Judicial Circuit, judgment of conviction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, pre-sentencing hearing, premature appeal, procedural error, Republic of Liberia v. Maria Morgan, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, trafficking in persons | republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan-2024 | 2024-opinions appeal appellate-jurisdiction appellate-review criminal-court-assize-b criminal-law criminal-procedure-law first-judicial-circuit judgment-of-conviction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal pre-sentencing-hearing premature-appeal procedural-error republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia trafficking-in-persons | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court immigration-law supreme-court | |
| RL et al v Powoe LRSC 119; 31 LLR 459 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law | 1983 Opinions, assault and battery, district court authority, Juarzon Statutory District, judicial jurisdiction, magistrate misconduct investigation, Ministry of Justice, petition denied, Prohibition, Sinoe County, subpoena power, Summary Proceedings, supervisory jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, verification of pleadings, weapon as evidence, Writ of Prohibition | rl-et-al-v-powoe-lrsc-119-31-llr-459-1983 | 1983-opinions assault-and-battery district-court-authority juarzon-statutory-district judicial-jurisdiction magistrate-misconduct-investigation ministry-of-justice petition-denied prohibition sinoe-county subpoena-power summary-proceedings supervisory-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia verification-of-pleadings weapon-as-evidence writ-of-prohibition | 1983-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Anderson LRSC 33; 28 LLR 190 (1979) | 1979, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law | 1979 Opinions, appeal requirements, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Bailey v. Sancea precedent, burden on movant, Civil Procedure Law, criminal assizes court, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, defective motion, denial of motion, dismissal of appeal, failure to state facts, First Judicial Circuit, invocation of statute, Jurisdiction, legal drafting, Montserrado County, motion practice, Motion to Dismiss, Notice of Completion of Appeal, pleading requirements, procedural defects, Service of Process, specificity requirement, statutory compliance, sufficiency of motion, Supreme Court of Liberia | rl-v-anderson-lrsc-33-28-llr-190-1979 | 1979-opinions appeal-requirements appellate-procedure appellate-review bailey-v-sancea-precedent burden-on-movant civil-procedure-law criminal-assizes-court criminal-law criminal-procedure-law defective-motion denial-of-motion dismissal-of-appeal failure-to-state-facts first-judicial-circuit invocation-of-statute jurisdiction legal-drafting montserrado-county motion-practice motion-to-dismiss notice-of-completion-of-appeal pleading-requirements procedural-defects service-of-process specificity-requirement statutory-compliance sufficiency-of-motion supreme-court-of-liberia | 1979-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Chakpadeh LRSC 105; 35 LLR 715 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Labor Law, Property Law | 1988 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Law, employee theft, grand larceny, indictment requirements, judgment of acquittal, motion for acquittal, Nimba County, Presumption of Innocence, prima facie evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, value of stolen property | rl-v-chakpadeh-lrsc-105-35-llr-715-1988 | 1988-opinions acquittal appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-law employee-theft grand-larceny indictment-requirements judgment-of-acquittal motion-for-acquittal nimba-county presumption-of-innocence prima-facie-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia value-of-stolen-property | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law labor-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Kanneh et al LRSC 22 (2006) | 2006, Criminal Law | 2007 Opinions, amicable settlement, appellate procedure, Civil Procedure Law section 11.6, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, dismissal of appeal, Monrovia, procedural termination, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary discontinuance | rl-v-kanneh-et-al-lrsc-22-2006 | 2007-opinions amicable-settlement appellate-procedure civil-procedure-law-section-11-6 criminal-law criminal-mischief dismissal-of-appeal monrovia procedural-termination supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-discontinuance | 2006-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Karngbay LRSC 43; 30 LLR 127 (1982) | 1982, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 1982 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, compulsory process, Criminal Law, double jeopardy, Due Process, Jury Trial, manifest necessity, mistrial, murder, Nimba County, procedural error, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of rights | rl-v-karngbay-lrsc-43-30-llr-127-1982 | 1982-opinions acquittal appellate-review burden-of-proof compulsory-process criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process jury-trial manifest-necessity mistrial murder nimba-county procedural-error supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-rights | 1982-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Kermue et al LRSC 23 (2007) | 2007, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | 2007 Opinions, Appellate Review, committal proceedings, constitutional law, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Law, Due Process, Extradition, foreign relations, habeas corpus, health care fraud, international cooperation, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, mandate to lower court, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, money laundering, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, procedural irregularity, reversal of judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, treaty interpretation, United States–Liberia Extradition Treaty | rl-v-kermue-et-al-lrsc-23-2007 | 2007-opinions appellate-review committal-proceedings constitutional-law criminal-assizes-a criminal-law due-process extradition foreign-relations habeas-corpus health-care-fraud international-cooperation judicial-review jurisdiction mandate-to-lower-court ministry-of-foreign-affairs ministry-of-justice money-laundering montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss procedural-irregularity reversal-of-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia treaty-interpretation united-states-liberia-extradition-treaty | 2007-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| RL v Morgan (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law | Appeal, appellate jurisdiction, Bill of Exceptions, Criminal Assizes Court “B”, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, final judgment of conviction, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, pre-sentencing hearing, premature appeal, Republic of Liberia v. Maria Morgan, right to appeal, sentencing, statutory appeal requirements, trafficking in persons | republic-of-liberia-vs-maria-morgan-2024 | appeal appellate-jurisdiction bill-of-exceptions criminal-assizes-court-b criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process final-judgment-of-conviction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal pre-sentencing-hearing premature-appeal republic-of-liberia-v-maria-morgan right-to-appeal sentencing statutory-appeal-requirements trafficking-in-persons | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| RL v Nbolonda LRSC 36 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law | 2014 Opinions, appellate procedure, Bill of Exceptions, criminal attempt to commit murder, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, jury trial waiver, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, prison release irregularity, Supreme Court of Liberia | rl-v-nbolonda-lrsc-36-2014 | 2014-opinions appellate-procedure bill-of-exceptions criminal-attempt-to-commit-murder criminal-law criminal-procedure dismissal-of-appeal due-process jury-trial-waiver montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal prison-release-irregularity supreme-court-of-liberia | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Poboe et al LRSC 28 (2007) | 2007, Criminal Law | 2007 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, continuance of trial, Criminal Procedure, directed verdict, judgment of acquittal, judicial discretion, jury trial procedure, Montserrado County, premature acquittal, private prosecutrix, prosecutorial witnesses, reversal and remand, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | rl-v-poboe-et-al-lrsc-28-2007 | 2007-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review continuance-of-trial criminal-procedure directed-verdict judgment-of-acquittal judicial-discretion jury-trial-procedure montserrado-county premature-acquittal private-prosecutrix prosecutorial-witnesses reversal-and-remand supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 2007-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Seku LRSC 58; 29 LLR 414 (1981) | 1981, Criminal Law | 1981 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, discharge without day, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, improper charge, judgment without opinion, Liberia, mandate to trial court, murder charge, prosecution error, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of appeal | rl-v-seku-lrsc-58-29-llr-414-1981 | 1981-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure criminal-law discharge-without-day dismissal-of-appeal due-process improper-charge judgment-without-opinion liberia mandate-to-trial-court murder-charge prosecution-error solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-appeal | 1981-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Seku LRSC 56; 36 LLR 610 (1989) | 1989, Criminal Law | 1989 Opinions, affirmation of trial court judgment, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, Enforcement of Judgment, mandate to trial court, notice of withdrawal, Republic of Liberia, Supreme Court of Liberia, withdrawal of appeal | rl-v-seku-lrsc-56-36-llr-610-1989 | 1989-opinions affirmation-of-trial-court-judgment appellate-procedure criminal-law enforcement-of-judgment mandate-to-trial-court notice-of-withdrawal republic-of-liberia supreme-court-of-liberia withdrawal-of-appeal | 1989-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Smith et al LRSC 31 (2009) | 2009, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2009 Opinions, Appellate Review, Certiorari, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, double jeopardy, Due Process, economic sabotage, evidentiary hearing, integrity of jury system, judicial conduct, judicial neutrality, Jury Tampering, manifest necessity, mistrial, Montserrado County, procedural error, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Republic of Liberia, sequestration, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial de novo | rl-v-smith-et-al-lrsc-31-2009 | 2009-opinions appellate-review certiorari criminal-assizes-c criminal-law double-jeopardy due-process economic-sabotage evidentiary-hearing integrity-of-jury-system judicial-conduct judicial-neutrality jury-tampering manifest-necessity mistrial montserrado-county procedural-error prosecutorial-misconduct republic-of-liberia sequestration supreme-court-of-liberia trial-de-novo | 2009-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| RL v Wright et al LRSC 36; 38 LLR 100 (1995) | 1995, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1995 Opinions, Appeal Procedure, Assistant County Attorney, authority to prosecute, Bill of information, Chambers Justice, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, dismissal of indictment, extension of judicial term, information proceedings, judicial restraint, jurisdiction of trial court, letter patent, Ministry of Justice, Motion to Dismiss, private prosecutor, Professional Responsibility, prosecution of crimes, Prosecutorial Discretion, separation of powers, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of prosecution, Theft of Property, writ of certiorari | rl-v-wright-et-al-lrsc-36-38-llr-100-1995 | 1995-opinions appeal-procedure assistant-county-attorney authority-to-prosecute bill-of-information chambers-justice criminal-law criminal-procedure dismissal-of-indictment extension-of-judicial-term information-proceedings judicial-restraint jurisdiction-of-trial-court letter-patent ministry-of-justice motion-to-dismiss private-prosecutor professional-responsibility prosecution-of-crimes prosecutorial-discretion separation-of-powers solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-prosecution theft-of-property writ-of-certiorari | 1995-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Zoe et al LRSC 21; 37 LLR 491 (1994) | 1994, Criminal Law | 1994 Opinions, administration of justice, Certiorari, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Due Process, fitness to stand trial, mental competency, mental disease or defect, Montserrado County, murder, psychiatric examination, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ of certiorari | rl-v-zoe-et-al-lrsc-21-37-llr-491-1994 | 1994-opinions administration-of-justice certiorari criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process fitness-to-stand-trial mental-competency mental-disease-or-defect montserrado-county murder psychiatric-examination supreme-court-of-liberia writ-of-certiorari | 1994-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v. Ayika LRSC 34 (2013) | 2013, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, International Law (Case) | 2013 Opinions, Bill of information, Central Bank of Liberia, confiscation of currency, constitutional law, contempt of court, Criminal Assizes C, Criminal Law, Due Process, ECOWAS Court of Justice, First Judicial Circuit, International Law, Jurisdiction, mandamus, Ministry of Justice, money laundering, Montserrado County, sovereignty, Supreme Court of Liberia, treaty ratification, Writ of Error | rl-v-ayika-lrsc-34-2013 | 2013-opinions bill-of-information central-bank-of-liberia confiscation-of-currency constitutional-law contempt-of-court criminal-assizes-c criminal-law due-process ecowas-court-of-justice first-judicial-circuit international-law jurisdiction mandamus ministry-of-justice money-laundering montserrado-county sovereignty supreme-court-of-liberia treaty-ratification writ-of-error | 2013-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Roberts v RL LRSC 59; 32 LLR 589 (1984) | 1984, Criminal Law | 1984 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, dismissal of appeal, executive clemency, general amnesty, judgment without opinion, Ministry of Justice, motion for abandonment, People’s Redemption Council, Samuel K. Doe, striking case from docket, Supreme Court of Liberia | roberts-v-rl-lrsc-59-32-llr-589-1984 | 1984-opinions abandonment-of-appeal appellate-procedure criminal-law dismissal-of-appeal executive-clemency general-amnesty judgment-without-opinion ministry-of-justice motion-for-abandonment peoples-redemption-council samuel-k-doe striking-case-from-docket supreme-court-of-liberia | 1984-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Rogers v RL LRSC 9 (2009) | 2009, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2008 Opinions, child rape, corroboration, Criminal Assizes “B”, Criminal Law, Due Process, fair trial, first degree felony, inadequate representation, indigent defendant, ineffective assistance of counsel, Montserrado County, Rape, remand for new trial, right to counsel, subpoenaed witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony | rogers-v-rl-lrsc-9-2009 | 2008-opinions child-rape corroboration criminal-assizes-b criminal-law due-process fair-trial first-degree-felony inadequate-representation indigent-defendant ineffective-assistance-of-counsel montserrado-county rape remand-for-new-trial right-to-counsel subpoenaed-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony | 2009-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| S. Flomo v RL LRSC 20; 26 LLR 51 (1977) | 1977, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1977 Opinions, Appellate Review, asphyxiation, autopsy, B. F. Goodrich Plantation, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, cause of death, child victim, confession evidence, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, directed verdict, Due Process, fair trial, First Judicial Circuit, forcible carnal knowledge, homicide, inconsistency between indictment and evidence., indictment, material variance, medical evidence, Montserrado County, murder, new trial, notice of accusation, proof beyond reasonable doubt, prosecution burden, Rape, reversal and remand, sexual assault, strangulation, sufficiency of proof, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance between pleading and proof, wound evidence | s-flomo-v-rl-lrsc-20-26-llr-51-1977 | 1977-opinions appellate-review asphyxiation autopsy b-f-goodrich-plantation bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof cause-of-death child-victim confession-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-law criminal-procedure directed-verdict due-process fair-trial first-judicial-circuit forcible-carnal-knowledge homicide inconsistency-between-indictment-and-evidence indictment material-variance medical-evidence montserrado-county murder new-trial notice-of-accusation proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt prosecution-burden rape reversal-and-remand sexual-assault strangulation sufficiency-of-proof supreme-court-of-liberia variance-between-pleading-and-proof wound-evidence | 1977-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Saab v RL LRSC 30; 27 LLR 133 (1978) | 1978, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1978 Opinions, accessory after the fact, accessory before the fact, Acquittal, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, ballistic evidence, burden of proof, causation in homicide, chain of custody, coercion, Confession, conflicting testimony, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, custodial interrogation, discharge without day, dying declaration, evidentiary standards, exclusion of illegally obtained evidence, failure of proof, Grand Bassa County, hearsay exception, hospital negligence, identification of weapon, in extremis requirement, indictment, insufficiency of evidence, involuntary confession, Jury Verdict, medical evidence, Miranda-type rights, murder, police misconduct, Presumption of Innocence, proof of impending death, proximate cause of death, reasonable doubt, Rev. Code 2:2.3, reversal of conviction, right to counsel, Second Judicial Circuit, Supreme Court of Liberia | saab-v-rl-lrsc-30-27-llr-133-1978 | 1978-opinions accessory-after-the-fact accessory-before-the-fact acquittal admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review ballistic-evidence burden-of-proof causation-in-homicide chain-of-custody coercion confession conflicting-testimony credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law custodial-interrogation discharge-without-day dying-declaration evidentiary-standards exclusion-of-illegally-obtained-evidence failure-of-proof grand-bassa-county hearsay-exception hospital-negligence identification-of-weapon in-extremis-requirement indictment insufficiency-of-evidence involuntary-confession jury-verdict medical-evidence miranda-type-rights murder police-misconduct presumption-of-innocence proof-of-impending-death proximate-cause-of-death reasonable-doubt rev-code-22-3 reversal-of-conviction right-to-counsel second-judicial-circuit supreme-court-of-liberia | 1978-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | |
| Saamoon v RL LRSC 80; 22 LLR 321 | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1973 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, Expert Testimony, homicide, insanity defense, Lofa County, mental capacity, mental illness, murder, psychiatric evaluation, retrial ordered, Reversible Error, right to fair trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tenth Judicial Circuit | saamoon-v-rl-lrsc-80-22-llr-321 | 1973-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof criminal-appeal criminal-law expert-testimony homicide insanity-defense lofa-county mental-capacity mental-illness murder psychiatric-evaluation retrial-ordered reversible-error right-to-fair-trial supreme-court-of-liberia tenth-judicial-circuit | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Saar v RL LRSC 3; 29 LLR 35 (1981) | 1981, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1981 Opinions, alibi, allegata and probata, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, change of venue, Confession, Criminal Law, custodial interrogation, directed verdict, discharge without day, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, fair trial, firearm evidence, hearsay evidence, identification of weapon, impartial trial, inadmissible confession, judicial bias, judicial impartiality, jury instructions, local prejudice, Lofa County, Medicoma Town, Miranda warning, murder, reasonable doubt, Reversal, right against self-incrimination, right to compulsory process, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tenth Judicial Circuit, variance, venue transfer, Williedu Town | saar-v-rl-lrsc-3-29-llr-35-1981 | 1981-opinions alibi allegata-and-probata appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof change-of-venue confession criminal-law custodial-interrogation directed-verdict discharge-without-day due-process evidentiary-insufficiency fair-trial firearm-evidence hearsay-evidence identification-of-weapon impartial-trial inadmissible-confession judicial-bias judicial-impartiality jury-instructions local-prejudice lofa-county medicoma-town miranda-warning murder reasonable-doubt reversal right-against-self-incrimination right-to-compulsory-process right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia tenth-judicial-circuit variance venue-transfer williedu-town | 1981-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Sackor v RL LRSC 1; 21 LLR 394 (1973) | 1973, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Ethics, Evidence Law | 1973 Opinions, appellate procedure, burden of proof, certified record, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, comment on evidence, constitutional law, conviction reversed, Criminal Law, denial of fair trial, ethics of lawyers, failure to record proceedings, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, impartial trial, improper jury charge, incomplete record, ineffective assistance of counsel, judicial misconduct, jury instructions, jury of the vicinity, Jury Trial, Maryland County, murder, non-existent testimony, prejudicial error, Presumption of Innocence, procedural irregularities, proof beyond reasonable doubt, prosecutorial responsibility, public trial, reliance on record, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial record | sackor-v-rl-lrsc-1-21-llr-394-1973 | 1973-opinions appellate-procedure burden-of-proof certified-record code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics comment-on-evidence constitutional-law conviction-reversed criminal-law denial-of-fair-trial ethics-of-lawyers failure-to-record-proceedings fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit impartial-trial improper-jury-charge incomplete-record ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-misconduct jury-instructions jury-of-the-vicinity jury-trial maryland-county murder non-existent-testimony prejudicial-error presumption-of-innocence procedural-irregularities proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt prosecutorial-responsibility public-trial reliance-on-record remand-for-new-trial reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia trial-record | 1973-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases ethics evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Sackor v RL LRSC 21; 23 LLR 30 (1974) | 1974, Criminal Law | 1974 Opinions, Appellate Review, burglary, Criminal Law, deduction of detention time, Due Process, imprisonment, modification of judgment, Restitution, sentencing, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia | sackor-v-rl-lrsc-21-23-llr-30-1974 | 1974-opinions appellate-review burglary criminal-law deduction-of-detention-time due-process imprisonment modification-of-judgment restitution sentencing statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia | 1974-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sagbe v RL LRSC 19; 21 LLR 531 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law | 1973 Opinions, Abandonment of Appeal, affirmance of judgment, appellate procedure, counsel absence, Criminal Law, enforcement of court rules, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to appear, failure to prosecute appeal, judgment without opinion, judicial disqualification, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Procedural Default, recusal of justices, resumption of jurisdiction, Rule IV Part 6 Rules of Court, Supreme Court of Liberia, waiver of appeal | sagbe-v-rl-lrsc-19-21-llr-531-1973 | 1973-opinions abandonment-of-appeal affirmance-of-judgment appellate-procedure counsel-absence criminal-law enforcement-of-court-rules enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-appear failure-to-prosecute-appeal judgment-without-opinion judicial-disqualification mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county procedural-default recusal-of-justices resumption-of-jurisdiction rule-iv-part-6-rules-of-court supreme-court-of-liberia waiver-of-appeal | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Samukai et al v. RL (2021) | 2021, Anti-Corruption, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, National Security Law, Property Law | 2021 Opinions, act of state doctrine, affirmation with modification, AFL pension fund, Appeal, Appellate Review, Armed Forces of Liberia, Article 20(a), constitutional law, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, Due Process, economic sabotage, Fiduciary Duty, First Judicial Circuit Criminal Assizes “C”, indictment, misuse of public money, money laundering, Montserrado County, National Defense Act of 2008, Property Rights, public finance management, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspended sentence, Theft of Property | samukai-et-al-v-rl-2021 | 2021-opinions act-of-state-doctrine affirmation-with-modification afl-pension-fund appeal appellate-review armed-forces-of-liberia article-20a constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-law due-process economic-sabotage fiduciary-duty first-judicial-circuit-criminal-assizes-c indictment misuse-of-public-money money-laundering montserrado-county national-defense-act-of-2008 property-rights public-finance-management restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia suspended-sentence theft-of-property | 2021-1 anti-corruption constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases national-security-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Sandy v RL LRSC 26; 29 LLR 575 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, Acquittal, appellate procedure, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, insufficiency of evidence, judgment without opinion, mandate to lower court, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia | sandy-v-rl-lrsc-26-29-llr-575-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution acquittal appellate-procedure criminal-law discharge-of-defendant insufficiency-of-evidence judgment-without-opinion mandate-to-lower-court solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Sarbo v RL LRSC 11; 21 LLR 481 (1973) | 1973, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 1973 Opinions, Acquittal, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, burden of proof, co-defendants, compulsory process, confession evidence, constitutional law, corpus delicti, corroboration requirement, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination rights, defective indictment, denial of compulsory process, discharge without day, elements of murder, evidentiary failure, failure to produce witness, fair trial rights, Fourth Judicial Circuit, homicide, impeachment of witness, indictment sufficiency, insufficiency of evidence, jury misconduct safeguards, Jury Trial, Maryland County, missing witness, motion for new trial, murder, omission of instrument of crime, Presumption of Innocence, procedural irregularities, proof beyond reasonable doubt, Reversible Error, right to obtain witnesses, scope of cross-examination, sequestration of jury, severance of defendants, Supreme Court of Liberia, verdict against the weight of evidence, witness credibility | sarbo-v-rl-lrsc-11-21-llr-481-1973 | 1973-opinions acquittal admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review burden-of-proof co-defendants compulsory-process confession-evidence constitutional-law corpus-delicti corroboration-requirement criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination-rights defective-indictment denial-of-compulsory-process discharge-without-day elements-of-murder evidentiary-failure failure-to-produce-witness fair-trial-rights fourth-judicial-circuit homicide impeachment-of-witness indictment-sufficiency insufficiency-of-evidence jury-misconduct-safeguards jury-trial maryland-county missing-witness motion-for-new-trial murder omission-of-instrument-of-crime presumption-of-innocence procedural-irregularities proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reversible-error right-to-obtain-witnesses scope-of-cross-examination sequestration-of-jury severance-of-defendants supreme-court-of-liberia verdict-against-the-weight-of-evidence witness-credibility | 1973-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Scott et al v. Republic of Liberia (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2024 Opinions, acquittal and discharge, Appellate Review, circumstantial evidence, conflicting theories of guilt sufficient to create reasonable doubt, corpus delicti, criminal agency, criminal agency as indispensable proof of death, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, DNA evidence, Due Process, false report to law enforcement officers, Forensic Evidence, homicide, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, malice as necessary element of murder, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, presumption of malice, Prosecutorial Burden, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, right against self-incrimination, suppression of evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | gloria-musu-scott-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 scott-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-2024 | 2024-opinions acquittal-and-discharge appellate-review circumstantial-evidence conflicting-theories-of-guilt-sufficient-to-create-reasonable-doubt corpus-delicti criminal-agency criminal-agency-as-indispensable-proof-of-death criminal-conspiracy criminal-law dna-evidence due-process false-report-to-law-enforcement-officers forensic-evidence homicide jury-verdict malice-aforethought malice-as-necessary-element-of-murder monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder presumption-of-innocence presumption-of-malice prosecutorial-burden reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction right-against-self-incrimination suppression-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Scott v RL LRSC 2; 18 LLR 13 (1967) | 1967, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1967 Opinions, absence of malice, aggressive conduct, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, cross-examination of accused, defendant testimony, discharge of defendant, evidentiary sufficiency, eyewitness testimony, Fourth Judicial Circuit, George Scott alias Quae, heat of passion, homicide, insufficiency of evidence, jury instructions, Jury Verdict, lesser included offense, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Maryland County, medical evidence, modification of judgment, motion for new trial, murder, proximate cause of death, reduction of conviction, reversal of conviction, scope of cross-examination, self-incrimination, sentencing computation, specific exceptions requirement, sudden affray, Supreme Court of Liberia, time served, waiver of privilege, weight of evidence | scott-v-rl-lrsc-2-18-llr-13-1967 | 1967-opinions absence-of-malice aggressive-conduct appellate-review criminal-law cross-examination-of-accused defendant-testimony discharge-of-defendant evidentiary-sufficiency eyewitness-testimony fourth-judicial-circuit george-scott-alias-quae heat-of-passion homicide insufficiency-of-evidence jury-instructions jury-verdict lesser-included-offense malice-aforethought manslaughter maryland-county medical-evidence modification-of-judgment motion-for-new-trial murder proximate-cause-of-death reduction-of-conviction reversal-of-conviction scope-of-cross-examination self-incrimination sentencing-computation specific-exceptions-requirement sudden-affray supreme-court-of-liberia time-served waiver-of-privilege weight-of-evidence | 1967-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | |
| Selah et al v RL LRSC 30; 37 LLR 587 (1994) | 1994, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1994 Opinions, Appellate Review, armed robbery, criminal intent, Criminal Law, elements of robbery, evidentiary insufficiency, intent to steal, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, robbery, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | selah-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-30-37-llr-587-1994 | 1994-opinions appellate-review armed-robbery criminal-intent criminal-law elements-of-robbery evidentiary-insufficiency intent-to-steal jury-verdict montserrado-county robbery supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 1994-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Settro v RL LRSC 33 (2007) | 2007, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2007 Opinions, child abduction, Criminal Law, hearsay evidence, insufficiency of evidence, involuntary servitude, kidnapping, missing child, Montserrado County, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncorroborated testimony | settro-v-rl-lrsc-33-2007 | 2007-opinions child-abduction criminal-law hearsay-evidence insufficiency-of-evidence involuntary-servitude kidnapping missing-child montserrado-county reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia uncorroborated-testimony | 2007-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Sheriff v RL LRSC 9; 29 LLR 103 (1981) | 1981, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1981 Opinions, burden of proof, compulsory process, Confession, constitutional rights, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cruel treatment, custodial interrogation, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, Expert Testimony, fair trial, governmental misconduct, insanity defense, involuntary confession, Lofa County, medical evidence, murder, police interrogation, psychiatric examination, psychiatrist, retrial, reversal and remand, right to counsel, sanity, self-incrimination, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tenth Judicial Circuit, town chief interrogation, Voinjama | sheriff-v-rl-lrsc-9-29-llr-103-1981 | 1981-opinions burden-of-proof compulsory-process confession constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure cruel-treatment custodial-interrogation due-process evidentiary-insufficiency expert-testimony fair-trial governmental-misconduct insanity-defense involuntary-confession lofa-county medical-evidence murder police-interrogation psychiatric-examination psychiatrist retrial reversal-and-remand right-to-counsel sanity self-incrimination supreme-court-of-liberia tenth-judicial-circuit town-chief-interrogation voinjama | 1981-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases customary-law evidence-law health-law supreme-court | |
| Sherman et al v The Republic of Liberia (2017) | 2017, Anti-Corruption, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Human Rights Law | 2017 Opinions, Appeal, attorney-client privilege, bank secrecy, banking records, bribery allegations, Central Bank of Liberia Act, Civil Procedure Law, constitutional law, corruption investigation, Criminal Assizes C, criminal investigation, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Procedure Law Sections 17.2 and 17.3, Due Process, Financial Institutions Act, Global Witness report, H. Varney G. Sherman, Inc., intervention, Jurisdiction, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), limits of privilege, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, motion to quash, pre-trial investigation, right to privacy, self-incrimination, Sherman and Sherman, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, writ practice | sherman-et-al-v-the-republic-of-liberia-2017 sherman-v-rl-2017 | 2017-opinions appeal attorney-client-privilege bank-secrecy banking-records bribery-allegations central-bank-of-liberia-act civil-procedure-law constitutional-law corruption-investigation criminal-assizes-c criminal-investigation criminal-law criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-law-sections-17-2-and-17-3 due-process financial-institutions-act global-witness-report h-varney-g-sherman inc intervention jurisdiction liberia-anti-corruption-commission-lacc limits-of-privilege ministry-of-justice montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss motion-to-quash pre-trial-investigation right-to-privacy self-incrimination sherman-and-sherman subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia writ-practice | 2017-1 anti-corruption banking-law constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law human-rights-law-supreme-court supreme-court | |
| Shillon v. Government of Liberia (2019) | 2019, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2019 Opinions, aggravated assault, Appeal, bench trial (jury waived), conviction affirmed, corpus delicti, Criminal Court “A”, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, evidentiary sufficiency, flight as evidence of guilt, indictment, Johnsonville, Montserrado County, motion for judgment of acquittal, sentencing (two years imprisonment), standard of review, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness credibility | shillon-v-government-of-liberia-2019 | 2019-opinions aggravated-assault appeal bench-trial-jury-waived conviction-affirmed corpus-delicti criminal-court-a criminal-facilitation criminal-law evidentiary-sufficiency flight-as-evidence-of-guilt indictment johnsonville montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal sentencing-two-years-imprisonment standard-of-review supreme-court-of-liberia witness-credibility | 2019-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Sky Insurance Company v. His Honor Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr. (2024) | 2024, Criminal Law, Ethics, Insurance Law | 2024 Opinions, Appeal, appellate procedure, bail bond, Bill of information, Brewerville Magisterial Court, burglary, contempt of court, criminal appearance bond, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, Enforcement of Judgment, failure to produce defendant, forfeiture of bond, insurance law, judicial mandate, Legal Ethics, Magisterial Court, Montserrado County, motion for change of venue, Professional Misconduct, sanction of counsel, Summary Proceedings, Supreme Court of Liberia, surety liability, Theft of Property, unmeritorious litigation | sky-insurance-company-v-his-honor-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay-sr-2024 sky-insurance-v-his-honor-yamie-quiqui-gbeisay | 2024-opinions appeal appellate-procedure bail-bond bill-of-information brewerville-magisterial-court burglary contempt-of-court criminal-appearance-bond criminal-court-c criminal-law enforcement-of-judgment failure-to-produce-defendant forfeiture-of-bond insurance-law judicial-mandate legal-ethics magisterial-court montserrado-county motion-for-change-of-venue professional-misconduct sanction-of-counsel summary-proceedings supreme-court-of-liberia surety-liability theft-of-property unmeritorious-litigation | 2024-1 criminal-law-cases ethics insurance-law supreme-court | |
| Slangar v RL LRSC 11 (2007) | 2007, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2007 Opinions, attorney-in-fact, Criminal Law, evidentiary error, hearsay evidence, Montserrado County, Prima Facie Case, reasonable doubt, receipts, remand, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | slangar-v-rl-lrsc-11-2007 | 2007-opinions attorney-in-fact criminal-law evidentiary-error hearsay-evidence montserrado-county prima-facie-case reasonable-doubt receipts remand supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 2007-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Smith v RL LRSC 25; 37 LLR 537 (1994) | 1994, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1986 Opinions, accessory before and after the fact, Accomplice Testimony, Appellate Review, Bong County, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Law, death sentence vacated, defendant’s silence, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, fair trial, flight, indictment, jury charge error, murder, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | smith-v-rl-lrsc-25-37-llr-537-1994 | 1986-opinions accessory-before-and-after-the-fact accomplice-testimony appellate-review bong-county burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence criminal-law death-sentence-vacated defendants-silence due-process evidentiary-insufficiency fair-trial flight indictment jury-charge-error murder ninth-judicial-circuit presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | 1994-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Sneh v RL LRSC 44; 35 LLR 136 (1988) | 1988, Agency Law, Anti-Corruption, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, agency law, audit shortage, burden of proof, conversion, Criminal Law, embezzlement, Fiduciary Duty, fraud, Liberia Trading Corporation, misappropriation, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, storekeeper, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance | sneh-v-rl-lrsc-44-35-llr-136-1988 | 1988-opinions agency-law audit-shortage burden-of-proof conversion criminal-law embezzlement fiduciary-duty fraud liberia-trading-corporation misappropriation motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment storekeeper supreme-court-of-liberia variance | 1988-1 agency-law anti-corruption criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Socho v RL et al (1900) LRSC 4; 1 LLR359 (1990) | 1900, Criminal Law | 1900 Opinions, Acquittal, Appeal, Criminal Law, deadly weapon, excusable homicide, first-degree murder, homicide, justifiable homicide, malice aforethought, manslaughter, Montserrado County, murder, reasonable doubt, Reversal, second-degree murder, self-defense, sudden affray, Supreme Court of Liberia | socho-v-rl-et-al-1900-lrsc-4-1-llr359-1990 | 1900-opinions acquittal appeal criminal-law deadly-weapon excusable-homicide first-degree-murder homicide justifiable-homicide malice-aforethought manslaughter montserrado-county murder reasonable-doubt reversal second-degree-murder self-defense sudden-affray supreme-court-of-liberia | 1900-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Stubblefield v RL LRSC 56; 35 LLR 275 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1988 Opinions, amendment of indictment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, corporate criminal liability, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Montserrado County, motion in arrest of judgment, Presumption of Innocence, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance | stubblefield-v-rl-lrsc-56-35-llr-275-1988 | 1988-opinions amendment-of-indictment appellate-review burden-of-proof corporate-criminal-liability criminal-law criminal-procedure montserrado-county motion-in-arrest-of-judgment presumption-of-innocence restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Swen v RL et al LRSC 14; 40 LLR 138 (2000) | 2000, Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2000 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, bank fraud, banking offenses, confession evidence, constitutional rights of accused, Criminal Law, imprisonment, Montserrado County, Restitution, sentencing discretion, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, voluntary confession | swen-v-rl-et-al-lrsc-14-40-llr-138-2000 | 2000-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review bank-fraud banking-offenses confession-evidence constitutional-rights-of-accused criminal-law imprisonment montserrado-county restitution sentencing-discretion supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property voluntary-confession | 2000-1 banking-law constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tarley v RL LRSC 56; 29 LLR 412 (1981) | 1981, Criminal Law | 1981 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, appellate jurisdiction, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, criminal prosecution, discharge without day, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, judgment without opinion, Liberia, mandate to trial court, procedural disposition, Solicitor General, Supreme Court of Liberia | tarley-v-rl-lrsc-56-29-llr-412-1981 | 1981-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-jurisdiction appellate-procedure appellate-review criminal-law criminal-prosecution discharge-without-day dismissal-of-appeal due-process judgment-without-opinion liberia mandate-to-trial-court procedural-disposition solicitor-general supreme-court-of-liberia | 1981-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tarpeh v RL LRSC 5; 34 LLR 334 (1987) | 1987, Commercial Law, Criminal Law | 1987 Opinions, action of debt by attachment, compromise and settlement, conversion of funds, creditor-debtor relationship, Criminal Law, debt, embezzlement, private prosecutrix, promissory note, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary transfer of title | tarpeh-v-rl-lrsc-5-34-llr-334-1987 | 1987-opinions action-of-debt-by-attachment compromise-and-settlement conversion-of-funds creditor-debtor-relationship criminal-law debt embezzlement private-prosecutrix promissory-note supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-transfer-of-title | 1987-1 commercial-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Taylor v Republic of Liberia LRSC 33; 14 LLR 524 (1961) | 1961, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1961 Opinions, Appellate Review, Bondiway, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, domestic dispute, evidentiary sufficiency, Firestone Plantations, judgment affirmed, knife evidence, Liberia Frontier Force, malice aforethought, Montserrado County, murder, postmortem evidence, proof of guilt, stabbing, Supreme Court of Liberia | taylor-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-33-14-llr-524-1961 | 1961-opinions appellate-review bondiway circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-law domestic-dispute evidentiary-sufficiency firestone-plantations judgment-affirmed knife-evidence liberia-frontier-force malice-aforethought montserrado-county murder postmortem-evidence proof-of-guilt stabbing supreme-court-of-liberia | 1961-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Teahway v RL (2019) | 2019, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2019 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, criminal solicitation, eyewitness identification, hearsay evidence, indictment, judgment of acquittal, Montserrado County, power of attorney, private prosecutor, reasonable doubt, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, Thinkers Village | teahway-vs-republic-of-liberia-rl-2019 | 2019-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review criminal-law criminal-mischief criminal-solicitation eyewitness-identification hearsay-evidence indictment judgment-of-acquittal montserrado-county power-of-attorney private-prosecutor reasonable-doubt standing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property thinkers-village | 2019-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Tehquah v His Honor Paye and RL LRSC 38 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Appellate Review, armed robbery, confession evidence, continuance of trial, Criminal Law, denial of continuance, gang rape, indictment, Jury Verdict, life sentence, medical evidence, motion for judgment of acquittal, Nimba County, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance in testimony | tehquah-v-his-honor-paye-and-rl-lrsc-38-2014 | 2014-opinions appellate-review armed-robbery confession-evidence continuance-of-trial criminal-law denial-of-continuance gang-rape indictment jury-verdict life-sentence medical-evidence motion-for-judgment-of-acquittal nimba-county sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia variance-in-testimony | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Tehquah v His Honor Paye and RL LRSC 41 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, armed robbery, Criminal Law, fair trial, gang rape, Jury Trial, life sentence, Nimba County, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | tehquah-v-his-honor-paye-and-rl-lrsc-41-2014 | 2014-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review armed-robbery criminal-law fair-trial gang-rape jury-trial life-sentence nimba-county sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| The Management of Lee Group Enterprise, Inc. v. A. Blamo Dixon et al (2022) | 2022, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law | 2022 Opinions, accrued salaries during suspension, Bong County Labour Commissioner, Civil Procedure Law, computation of damages (max 24 months), constructive dismissal, Criminal Law, Debt Court lacking labour jurisdiction, Decent Work Act 2015 s.14.10, employer’s duty to pursue prosecution, Labor Law, Lee Group Enterprise Inc., Michael Fortune, Petition for Judicial Review, Supreme Court of Liberia, suspension pending criminal investigation, Unfair Labor Practice, Wrongful Dismissal | inc-v-a-blamo-dixon-et-al-2022 the-management-of-lee-group-enterprise | 2022-opinions accrued-salaries-during-suspension bong-county-labour-commissioner civil-procedure-law computation-of-damages-max-24-months constructive-dismissal criminal-law debt-court-lacking-labour-jurisdiction decent-work-act-2015-s-14-10 employers-duty-to-pursue-prosecution labor-law lee-group-enterprise-inc michael-fortune petition-for-judicial-review supreme-court-of-liberia suspension-pending-criminal-investigation unfair-labor-practice wrongful-dismissal | 2022-1 civil-procedure-law-cases criminal-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Thomas v RL LRSC 110; 35 LLR 759 (1988) | 1988, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1988 Opinions, Accomplice Testimony, Bong County, Confession, Criminal Law, defective complaint, Due Process, Magisterial Court, reasonable doubt, Restitution, rice coupons, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property | thomas-v-rl-lrsc-110-35-llr-759-1988 | 1988-opinions accomplice-testimony bong-county confession criminal-law defective-complaint due-process magisterial-court reasonable-doubt restitution rice-coupons subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property | 1988-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Toe v RL LRSC 4; 30 LLR 491 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1983 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, autopsy requirement, circumstantial evidence, Confession, coroner report, corroboration of confession, Criminal Law, eyewitness testimony, jury charge, malice aforethought, Maryland County, medical certificate evidence, murder, Supreme Court of Liberia | toe-v-rl-lrsc-4-30-llr-491-1983 | 1983-opinions admissibility-of-evidence affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review autopsy-requirement circumstantial-evidence confession coroner-report corroboration-of-confession criminal-law eyewitness-testimony jury-charge malice-aforethought maryland-county medical-certificate-evidence murder supreme-court-of-liberia | 1983-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Togba v RL LRSC 73; 35 LLR 389 (1988) | 1988, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1988 Opinions, abuse of judicial power, Acquittal, Appellate Review, Bong County, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, double jeopardy, jurisdictional excess, jury misconduct allegation, Jury Verdict, murder, Supreme Court of Liberia, unlawful imprisonment, Writ of Prohibition | togba-v-rl-lrsc-73-35-llr-389-1988 | 1988-opinions abuse-of-judicial-power acquittal appellate-review bong-county criminal-law discharge-of-defendant double-jeopardy jurisdictional-excess jury-misconduct-allegation jury-verdict murder supreme-court-of-liberia unlawful-imprisonment writ-of-prohibition | 1988-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Tolbert v RL LRSC 22; 19 LLR 251 (1969) | 1969, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Health Law | 1969 Opinions, admissibility of confession, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, autopsy, Best evidence, cause of death, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, Confession, contributing cause of death, corpus delicti, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, criminal agency, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, death by blunt force, domestic homicide, evidentiary weight, First Judicial Circuit, head injury, homicide, involuntary confession, iron bar, Jury Verdict, Lysol poisoning, malice aforethought, medical evidence, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, murder, pathologist, Paynesville, piece of iron, presumptive evidence, proof beyond reasonable doubt, reasonable doubt, spousal killing, Supreme Court of Liberia, toxic substance, variance, wife killing | tolbert-v-rl-lrsc-22-19-llr-251-1969 | 1969-opinions admissibility-of-confession affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review autopsy best-evidence cause-of-death circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession confession contributing-cause-of-death corpus-delicti corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-agency criminal-law criminal-procedure death-by-blunt-force domestic-homicide evidentiary-weight first-judicial-circuit head-injury homicide involuntary-confession iron-bar jury-verdict lysol-poisoning malice-aforethought medical-evidence montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial murder pathologist paynesville piece-of-iron presumptive-evidence proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt reasonable-doubt spousal-killing supreme-court-of-liberia toxic-substance variance wife-killing | 1969-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law health-law supreme-court | |
| Tolbert v RL LRSC 33; 30 LLR 3 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, Appellate Review, autopsy report, Bill of Exceptions, Bong County, clerk irregularities, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, death sentence, evidentiary objections, grand jury, indictment, Jurisdiction, Jury Verdict, murder, pathologist testimony, Procedural Law, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver, witness testimony | tolbert-v-rl-lrsc-33-30-llr-3-1982 | 1982-opinions appellate-review autopsy-report bill-of-exceptions bong-county clerk-irregularities criminal-law criminal-procedure death-sentence evidentiary-objections grand-jury indictment jurisdiction jury-verdict murder pathologist-testimony procedural-law supreme-court-of-liberia waiver witness-testimony | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Toure et al. v Republic of Liberia LRSC 36 (2013) | 2013, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, corroboration, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, Decoration Day, first degree misdemeanor, Montserrado County, Paynesville, property damage, reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance in evidence | toure-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-36-2013 | 2013-opinions appellate-review corroboration criminal-law criminal-mischief decoration-day first-degree-misdemeanor montserrado-county paynesville property-damage reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia variance-in-evidence | 2013-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Tozoe v RL LRSC 42; 22 LLR 113 (1973) | 1973, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1973 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, appellate procedure, assault and battery, compulsory process, constitutional law, Criminal Law, cross-examination, diligence of litigants, Eighth Judicial Circuit, evidentiary sufficiency, harmless error, improper questioning, intent to do grievous bodily harm, Jury Trial, Laches, mandate, Nimba County, right against self-incrimination, right to obtain witnesses, self-incrimination, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial error, waiver of rights, witness testimony | tozoe-v-rl-lrsc-42-22-llr-113-1973 | 1973-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-procedure assault-and-battery compulsory-process constitutional-law criminal-law cross-examination diligence-of-litigants eighth-judicial-circuit evidentiary-sufficiency harmless-error improper-questioning intent-to-do-grievous-bodily-harm jury-trial laches mandate nimba-county right-against-self-incrimination right-to-obtain-witnesses self-incrimination supreme-court-of-liberia trial-error waiver-of-rights witness-testimony | 1973-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Tweah et al v His Honor Roosevelt Willie (2025) | 2025, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law | 2025 Opinions, appellate jurisdiction, Article 61 Constitution of Liberia, Central Bank of Liberia, constitutional law, Criminal Assizes C, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, derivative immunity denied, Due Process, economic sabotage, ex parte subpoenas, extraordinary writ, Financial Intelligence Agency, First Judicial Circuit, indictment, judicial authority, jurisdiction of trial court, Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Ministry of Justice, misuse of public funds, money laundering, Montserrado County, national security, National Security Council, National Security Reform and Intelligence Act, political question doctrine, presidential immunity, pretrial proceedings, public finance, remand for trial, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, ultra vires acts, waiver and laches, Writ of Prohibition | tweah-et-al-v-his-honor-roosevelt-willie-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-jurisdiction article-61-constitution-of-liberia central-bank-of-liberia constitutional-law criminal-assizes-c criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law derivative-immunity-denied due-process economic-sabotage ex-parte-subpoenas extraordinary-writ financial-intelligence-agency first-judicial-circuit indictment judicial-authority jurisdiction-of-trial-court liberia-anti-corruption-commission ministry-of-finance-and-development-planning ministry-of-justice misuse-of-public-funds money-laundering montserrado-county national-security national-security-council national-security-reform-and-intelligence-act political-question-doctrine presidential-immunity pretrial-proceedings public-finance remand-for-trial separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property ultra-vires-acts waiver-and-laches writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 administrative-law anti-corruption constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tweah et al v His Honor Roosevelt Willie et al (2026) (Petition for Re-argument) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, National Security Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, constitutional law, criminal conspiracy, criminal facilitation, Criminal Law, economic sabotage, functional immunity, indictment, money laundering, Montserrado County, National Security Council, National Security Law, National Security Reform and Intelligence Act, Petition for re-argument, presidential immunity, Statutory interpretation, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, trial court jurisdiction, Writ of Prohibition | tweah-et-al-v-his-honor-roosevelt-willie-et-al-2026-petition-for-re-argument | 2026-opinions appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-conspiracy criminal-facilitation criminal-law economic-sabotage functional-immunity indictment money-laundering montserrado-county national-security-council national-security-law national-security-reform-and-intelligence-act petition-for-re-argument presidential-immunity statutory-interpretation supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property trial-court-jurisdiction writ-of-prohibition | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases national-security-law supreme-court | |
| Vakery et al.v His Honour Chinneh LRSC 15 (2015) | 2015, Criminal Law, International Law (Case) | 2015 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, Arson, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, diplomatic note, extraditable offenses, Extradition, extradition treaty, indictment, International Law, Ivory Coast, Jurisdiction, lis pendens, magistrate court jurisdiction, Mercenarism, Monrovia City Court, Montserrado County, murder, pending criminal proceedings, political offense exception, procedural bar, Rape, refugees and asylum, Republic of Liberia, Res Judicata, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, treaty interpretation, writ of arrest | vakery-et-al-v-his-honour-chinneh-lrsc-15-2015 | 2015-opinions appeal appellate-review arson criminal-law criminal-procedure diplomatic-note extraditable-offenses extradition extradition-treaty indictment international-law ivory-coast jurisdiction lis-pendens magistrate-court-jurisdiction mercenarism monrovia-city-court montserrado-county murder pending-criminal-proceedings political-offense-exception procedural-bar rape refugees-and-asylum republic-of-liberia res-judicata supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property treaty-interpretation writ-of-arrest | 2015-1 criminal-law-cases international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Walker Nagbe et al v RL LRSC 38; 32 LLR 288 (1984) | 1984, Criminal Law, Customary Law | 1984 Opinions, appellate procedure, Appellate Review, bark sassywood death, Civil Procedure Law, Criminal Law, insufficient evidence, Jury Verdict, Life Imprisonment, Motion to dismiss appeal, motion to remand, murder, prosecutorial negligence, remand for new trial, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, verification of pleadings | walker-nagbe-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-38-32-llr-288-1984 | 1984-opinions appellate-procedure appellate-review bark-sassywood-death civil-procedure-law criminal-law insufficient-evidence jury-verdict life-imprisonment motion-to-dismiss-appeal motion-to-remand murder prosecutorial-negligence remand-for-new-trial sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia verification-of-pleadings | 1984-1 criminal-law-cases customary-law supreme-court | |
| Walker Nagbe et al v RL LRSC 56; 32 LLR 474 (1984) | 1984, Criminal Law, Customary Law | 1984 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, conflicting testimony, Criminal Law, evidentiary confusion, homicide, insufficient evidence, murder, remand for new trial, reversal of conviction, sassywood trial, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncertainty in trial record, witchcraft accusation | walker-nagbe-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-56-32-llr-474-1984 | 1984-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof conflicting-testimony criminal-law evidentiary-confusion homicide insufficient-evidence murder remand-for-new-trial reversal-of-conviction sassywood-trial sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia uncertainty-in-trial-record witchcraft-accusation | 1984-1 criminal-law-cases customary-law supreme-court | |
| Weah v RL LRSC 12; 18 LLR 87 (1967) | 1967, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1967 Opinions, absence of negligence, accident, Appellate Review, burden of proof, causation, contributory negligence of deceased, Criminal Law, discharge of defendant, evidentiary insufficiency, Expert Testimony, Fourth Judicial Circuit, insufficient evidence, intervening cause, Jury Verdict, lack of criminal liability, manslaughter, Maryland County, motion for new trial, motor vehicle accident, Negligence, police evidence, Proximate Cause, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, sudden emergency doctrine, Supreme Court of Liberia, traffic accident investigation, unforeseeable event, vehicular manslaughter, Willie Weah | weah-v-rl-lrsc-12-18-llr-87-1967 | 1967-opinions absence-of-negligence accident appellate-review burden-of-proof causation contributory-negligence-of-deceased criminal-law discharge-of-defendant evidentiary-insufficiency expert-testimony fourth-judicial-circuit insufficient-evidence intervening-cause jury-verdict lack-of-criminal-liability manslaughter maryland-county motion-for-new-trial motor-vehicle-accident negligence police-evidence proximate-cause reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction sudden-emergency-doctrine supreme-court-of-liberia traffic-accident-investigation unforeseeable-event vehicular-manslaughter willie-weah | 1967-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Weah v RL LRSC 77; 17 LLR 622 (1966) | 1966, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Traffic Law | 1966 Opinions, access to justice, Appeal Procedure, Appellate Practice, Appellate Review, approval of bill of exceptions, Bill of Exceptions, Criminal Law, denial of motion to dismiss, Due Process, filing deadline, Fourth Judicial Circuit, indictment, jurisdiction of appellate court, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, manslaughter, Maryland County, Motion to dismiss appeal, motor vehicle accident, postal receipt evidence, prejudice to appellant, preservation of appeal rights, Procedural Compliance, registered mail, Statutory Time Limit, Supreme Court of Liberia, tender of bill of exceptions, timely filing, trial judge absence | weah-v-rl-lrsc-77-17-llr-622-1966 | 1966-opinions access-to-justice appeal-procedure appellate-practice appellate-review approval-of-bill-of-exceptions bill-of-exceptions criminal-law denial-of-motion-to-dismiss due-process filing-deadline fourth-judicial-circuit indictment jurisdiction-of-appellate-court jury-trial jury-verdict manslaughter maryland-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal motor-vehicle-accident postal-receipt-evidence prejudice-to-appellant preservation-of-appeal-rights procedural-compliance registered-mail statutory-time-limit supreme-court-of-liberia tender-of-bill-of-exceptions timely-filing trial-judge-absence | 1966-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases traffic-law supreme-court | |
| Wiah v RL LRSC 7; 38 LLR 385 (1997) | 1997, Criminal Law, Property Law | 1997 Opinions, Acquittal, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, charge to the jury, Criminal Assizes, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, Criminal Procedure, damage to property, discharge, evidentiary insufficiency, exception to jury charge, First Judicial Circuit, indictment, judicial discretion, jury instructions, malicious mischief, material variance, Montserrado County, pleading requirements, proof as laid, reasonable doubt, request to charge, specificity in exceptions, Supreme Court of Liberia, tangible property, trial error, variance, waiver of issues | wiah-v-rl-lrsc-7-38-llr-385-1997 | 1997-opinions acquittal appeal appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof charge-to-the-jury criminal-assizes criminal-law criminal-mischief criminal-procedure damage-to-property discharge evidentiary-insufficiency exception-to-jury-charge first-judicial-circuit indictment judicial-discretion jury-instructions malicious-mischief material-variance montserrado-county pleading-requirements proof-as-laid reasonable-doubt request-to-charge specificity-in-exceptions supreme-court-of-liberia tangible-property trial-error variance waiver-of-issues | 1997-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Williams et al v RL LRSC 22; 34 LLR 180 (1986) | 1986, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1986 Opinions, accessory before and after the fact, Accomplice Testimony, Appellate Review, Bong County, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Law, death sentence vacated, defendant’s silence, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, fair trial, flight, indictment, jury charge error, murder, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | williams-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-22-34-llr-180-1986 | 1986-opinions accessory-before-and-after-the-fact accomplice-testimony appellate-review bong-county burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence criminal-law death-sentence-vacated defendants-silence due-process evidentiary-insufficiency fair-trial flight indictment jury-charge-error murder ninth-judicial-circuit presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | 1986-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Williams et al. v RL LRSC 47 (2014) | 2014, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Acquittal, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, constitutional rights, Criminal Assizes A, Criminal Law, Due Process, evidentiary insufficiency, fair trial, indictment, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, prosecution failure, reasonable doubt, release from detention, reversal of conviction, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | williams-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-47-2014 | 2014-opinions acquittal appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights criminal-assizes-a criminal-law due-process evidentiary-insufficiency fair-trial indictment monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder presumption-of-innocence prosecution-failure reasonable-doubt release-from-detention reversal-of-conviction supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | 2014-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Williams v RL LRSC 45 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Appellate Review, autopsy evidence, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, Criminal Law, DNA evidence, forensic pathology, homicide investigation, medical evidence, Montserrado County, murder, police investigation, Presumption of Innocence, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, suicide by hanging, Supreme Court of Liberia, wrongful conviction | williams-v-republic-of-liberia-rl-lrsc-45-2014 | 2014-opinions appellate-review autopsy-evidence burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence criminal-law dna-evidence forensic-pathology homicide-investigation medical-evidence montserrado-county murder police-investigation presumption-of-innocence reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction suicide-by-hanging supreme-court-of-liberia wrongful-conviction | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Wion et al v RL LRSC 39; 30 LLR 71 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1982 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, circumstantial evidence, Confession, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, death sentence, evidentiary weight, inference of guilt, Jury Verdict, malice aforethought, motion for new trial, murder, newly discovered evidence, rebuttal evidence, Sinoe County, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness qualification | wion-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-39-30-llr-71-1982 | 1982-opinions admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review circumstantial-evidence confession corpus-delicti criminal-law death-sentence evidentiary-weight inference-of-guilt jury-verdict malice-aforethought motion-for-new-trial murder newly-discovered-evidence rebuttal-evidence sinoe-county supreme-court-of-liberia witness-qualification | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Wlo Flo v RL LRSC 1; 29 LLR 3 (1981) | 1981, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1981 Opinions, absence of autopsy, adequacy of representation, admissibility of confession, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, burden of proof, capital offense, cause of death, charge to jury, child victim, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, corroboration of confession, Criminal Law, cross-examination, Death Penalty, Dissenting Opinion, due process concerns, evidentiary sufficiency, failure to deny accusation, Fishtown, guilty plea, harmless error, implied admission, in forma pauperis, ineffective assistance of counsel, insanity issue, intent, jury instructions, malice aforethought, Maryland County, murder, parental homicide, Presumption of Innocence, Professional Responsibility, relevance of evidence, right to counsel, sentencing, specificity requirement, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary confession | wlo-flo-v-rl-lrsc-1-29-llr-3-1981 | 1981-opinions absence-of-autopsy adequacy-of-representation admissibility-of-confession affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bill-of-exceptions burden-of-proof capital-offense cause-of-death charge-to-jury child-victim circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti corroboration-of-confession criminal-law cross-examination death-penalty dissenting-opinion due-process-concerns evidentiary-sufficiency failure-to-deny-accusation fishtown guilty-plea harmless-error implied-admission in-forma-pauperis ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insanity-issue intent jury-instructions malice-aforethought maryland-county murder parental-homicide presumption-of-innocence professional-responsibility relevance-of-evidence right-to-counsel sentencing specificity-requirement supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-confession | 1981-1 constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Wogbeh vs RL LRSC 7 (2010) | 2010, Criminal Law | 2010 Opinions, acid attack, aggravated assault, alibi, alibi defense, Criminal Law, Duport Road, evidentiary sufficiency, judgment of acquittal, Jury Verdict, Montserrado County, motion for new trial, Paynesville, police investigation, serious bodily injury, Supreme Court of Liberia | wogbeh-vs-rl-lrsc-7-2010 | 2010-opinions acid-attack aggravated-assault alibi alibi-defense criminal-law duport-road evidentiary-sufficiency judgment-of-acquittal jury-verdict montserrado-county motion-for-new-trial paynesville police-investigation serious-bodily-injury supreme-court-of-liberia | 2010-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Workeh et al v RL LRSC 27; 29 LLR 576 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law | 1982 Opinions, abandonment of prosecution, appellate procedure, Criminal Appeal, Criminal Law, discharge of appellants, dismissal, judgment without opinion, Supreme Court of Liberia | workeh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-27-29-llr-576-1982 | 1982-opinions abandonment-of-prosecution appellate-procedure criminal-appeal criminal-law discharge-of-appellants dismissal judgment-without-opinion supreme-court-of-liberia | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wotorson v RL LRSC 48; 30 LLR 179 (1982) | 1982, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1982 Opinions, accountant, admissibility of evidence, Appellate Review, audit evidence, burden of proof, burglary allegation, circumstantial evidence, coerced confession, Criminal Law, cross-examination, discharge without day, evidentiary insufficiency, hearsay evidence, inadmissible hearsay, insufficiency of evidence, Liberia Produce Marketing Corporation, Lofa County, LPMC, motion for new trial, police investigation, reversal of conviction, Reversible Error, scope of cross-examination, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, unreliable testimony, Voinjama, witness credibility | wotorson-v-rl-lrsc-48-30-llr-179-1982 | 1982-opinions accountant admissibility-of-evidence appellate-review audit-evidence burden-of-proof burglary-allegation circumstantial-evidence coerced-confession criminal-law cross-examination discharge-without-day evidentiary-insufficiency hearsay-evidence inadmissible-hearsay insufficiency-of-evidence liberia-produce-marketing-corporation lofa-county lpmc motion-for-new-trial police-investigation reversal-of-conviction reversible-error scope-of-cross-examination sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property unreliable-testimony voinjama witness-credibility | 1982-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Wreh v RL LRSC 1; 30 LLR 459 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1983 Opinions, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Confession, Criminal Law, cross-examination, Due Process, fair trial, hearsay evidence, involuntary confession, Maryland County, murder, Presumption of Innocence, remand for new trial, Reversible Error, Supreme Court of Liberia, torture | wreh-v-rl-lrsc-1-30-llr-459-1983 | 1983-opinions best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof confession criminal-law cross-examination due-process fair-trial hearsay-evidence involuntary-confession maryland-county murder presumption-of-innocence remand-for-new-trial reversible-error supreme-court-of-liberia torture | 1983-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Wright Jr. vs RL LRSC 39 (2010) | 2010, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2010 Opinions, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, constitutional rights, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, custodial interrogation, death sentence, Grand Gedeh County, hearsay evidence, judicial bias, Maryland County, murder, reasonable doubt, reversal and remand, right to counsel, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance in indictment | wright-jr-vs-rl-lrsc-39-2010 | 2010-opinions appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof constitutional-rights corpus-delicti criminal-law custodial-interrogation death-sentence grand-gedeh-county hearsay-evidence judicial-bias maryland-county murder reasonable-doubt reversal-and-remand right-to-counsel supreme-court-of-liberia variance-in-indictment | 2010-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Yancy et al v RL LRSC 14;18 LLR 97 (1967) | 1967, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1967 Opinions, accessory after the fact, admissibility of evidence, Alfred D. Moulton Sr., Allen N. Yancy Jr., Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, coconspirator confession, coerced confession, compulsory self-incrimination, Confession, constitutional rights, coroners jury, corroboration, criminal conspiracy, Criminal Law, cross-examination, discharge of defendants, Due Process, expert evidence, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Gabriel W. Diggs Jr., hearsay evidence, hostile witness, inadmissible evidence, indictment, inflammatory evidence, involuntary confession, irrelevant evidence, judicial error, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, Maryland County, murder, Nolle Prosequi, police misconduct, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, Reversible Error, right to counsel, severance, speedy trial, Supreme Court of Liberia, unfavorable inference, unlawful search and seizure, witness tampering | yancy-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-1418-llr-97-1967 | 1967-opinions accessory-after-the-fact admissibility-of-evidence alfred-d-moulton-sr allen-n-yancy-jr appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence coconspirator-confession coerced-confession compulsory-self-incrimination confession constitutional-rights coroners-jury corroboration criminal-conspiracy criminal-law cross-examination discharge-of-defendants due-process expert-evidence fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit gabriel-w-diggs-jr hearsay-evidence hostile-witness inadmissible-evidence indictment inflammatory-evidence involuntary-confession irrelevant-evidence judicial-error jury-trial jury-verdict maryland-county murder nolle-prosequi police-misconduct proof-beyond-a-reasonable-doubt reversible-error right-to-counsel severance speedy-trial supreme-court-of-liberia unfavorable-inference unlawful-search-and-seizure witness-tampering | 1967-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Yancy v RL LRSC 44; 19 LLR 63 (1968) | 1968, Criminal Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 1968 Opinions, admissibility of evidence, affirmance, alibi defense, Appellate Review, automobile theft, bill of particulars, burden of proof, corroboration, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, cross-examination, documentary evidence, Evidence, First Judicial Circuit, grand larceny, impeachment of witness, indictment, John Morris, Jury Verdict, Kakata, larceny, Montserrado County, Moses Yancy, motion for new trial, motion to quash, Nimba County, notice of documents, Opel car theft, Paynesville, reasonable doubt, res gestae, sufficiency of indictment, Supreme Court of Liberia | yancy-v-rl-lrsc-44-19-llr-63-1968 | 1968-opinions admissibility-of-evidence affirmance alibi-defense appellate-review automobile-theft bill-of-particulars burden-of-proof corroboration criminal-law criminal-procedure cross-examination documentary-evidence evidence first-judicial-circuit grand-larceny impeachment-of-witness indictment john-morris jury-verdict kakata larceny montserrado-county moses-yancy motion-for-new-trial motion-to-quash nimba-county notice-of-documents opel-car-theft paynesville reasonable-doubt res-gestae sufficiency-of-indictment supreme-court-of-liberia | 1968-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yanques et al v RL (2026) | 2026, Criminal Law, Property Law | 2026 Opinions, Appellate Review, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, destruction of property, evidentiary review, indictment, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Montserrado County, Paynesville, property damage, Restitution, sentencing modification, Supreme Court of Liberia | yanques-et-al-v-rl-2026 | 2026-opinions appellate-review criminal-law criminal-mischief destruction-of-property evidentiary-review indictment jury-verdict land-dispute montserrado-county paynesville property-damage restitution sentencing-modification supreme-court-of-liberia | 2026-1 criminal-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yates et al. v. Republic of Liberia, LRSC 3 (2016) | 2016, Criminal Law | 2016 Opinions, Appellate Review, corroboration, credibility of witnesses, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, Evidence, indictment, Margibi County, reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, variance | yates-et-al-v-republic-of-liberia-lrsc-3-2016 | 2016-opinions appellate-review corroboration credibility-of-witnesses criminal-law criminal-mischief evidence indictment margibi-county reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property variance | 2016-1 criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Yeakula et al. v RL LRSC 48 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014, Appellate Review, arson allegation, assault and battery, attempted murder, bench trial, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, burden of proof, corroboration of testimony, criminal attempt, Criminal Law, deadly weapon, documentary evidence, extreme indifference to human life, felony of the second degree, gasoline, hearsay evidence, illegal/excessive sentence, intent to kill, medical report, modification of judgment, modification of sentence, Monrovia Central Prison, Montserrado County, murder, New Georgia Township, Penal Law Section 10.1, Penal Law Section 14.1, photographic evidence, police investigation, Presumption of Innocence, self-defense, sentencing error, Supreme Court of Liberia, variance, waiver of jury trial | yeakula-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-48-2014 | 2014 appellate-review arson-allegation assault-and-battery attempted-murder bench-trial beyond-a-reasonable-doubt burden-of-proof corroboration-of-testimony criminal-attempt criminal-law deadly-weapon documentary-evidence extreme-indifference-to-human-life felony-of-the-second-degree gasoline hearsay-evidence illegal-excessive-sentence intent-to-kill medical-report modification-of-judgment modification-of-sentence monrovia-central-prison montserrado-county murder new-georgia-township penal-law-section-10-1 penal-law-section-14-1 photographic-evidence police-investigation presumption-of-innocence self-defense sentencing-error supreme-court-of-liberia variance waiver-of-jury-trial | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Yeakula et al. v RL LRSC 49 (2014) | 2014, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2014 Opinions, Appellate Review, conviction affirmed, criminal attempt to commit murder, Criminal Law, indictment, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Penal Law, reduction of sentence, sentencing modification, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia | yeakula-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-49-2014 | 2014-opinions appellate-review conviction-affirmed criminal-attempt-to-commit-murder criminal-law indictment monrovia montserrado-county penal-law reduction-of-sentence sentencing-modification sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia | 2014-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Young v His Honor A. Blamo Dixon et al (2025) | 2025, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 2025 Opinions, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, conflicting testimony, conviction, corroboration, Criminal Court C, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, direct evidence, Due Process, entrusted property, evidentiary standard, Fiduciary Duty, indictment, mining equipment, Ministry of Justice, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, private prosecutor, reasonable doubt, Restitution, sentencing, Supreme Court of Liberia, witness credibility | kelvin-young-v-his-honor-a-blamo-dixon-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence conflicting-testimony conviction corroboration criminal-court-c criminal-law criminal-mischief direct-evidence due-process entrusted-property evidentiary-standard fiduciary-duty indictment mining-equipment ministry-of-justice misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county private-prosecutor reasonable-doubt restitution sentencing supreme-court-of-liberia witness-credibility | 2025-1 criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Zayzay et al v RL LRSC 26; 30 LLR 692 (1983) | 1983, Criminal Law, Judiciary Law | 1983 Opinions, affirmation of conviction, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, Criminal Law, criminal mischief, cross-examination, evidentiary review, immaterial defect, indictment defect, judicial neutrality, Jurisdiction, Lofa County, partiality, preservation of error, property destruction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Waiver | zayzay-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-26-30-llr-692-1983 | 1983-opinions affirmation-of-conviction appellate-review bill-of-exceptions criminal-law criminal-mischief cross-examination evidentiary-review immaterial-defect indictment-defect judicial-neutrality jurisdiction lofa-county partiality preservation-of-error property-destruction supreme-court-of-liberia waiver | 1983-1 criminal-law-cases judiciary-law supreme-court | |
| Zeegboe et al v RL LRSC 23 (2008) | 2008, Criminal Law, Customary Law, Evidence Law | 2008 Opinions, burden of proof, change of venue, circumstantial evidence, corpus delicti, Criminal Law, cultural practices, Grand Gedeh County, hearsay evidence, improper judicial interference, jury instructions, life sentence vacated, missing body, murder, Nimba County, Poro Society, province of the jury, reasonable doubt, reversal of conviction, Sanniquellie-Mah Statutory District, Supreme Court of Liberia | zeegboe-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-23-2008 | 2008-opinions burden-of-proof change-of-venue circumstantial-evidence corpus-delicti criminal-law cultural-practices grand-gedeh-county hearsay-evidence improper-judicial-interference jury-instructions life-sentence-vacated missing-body murder nimba-county poro-society province-of-the-jury reasonable-doubt reversal-of-conviction sanniquellie-mah-statutory-district supreme-court-of-liberia | 2008-1 criminal-law-cases customary-law evidence-law supreme-court |