WHETHER WRITTEN ADDRESSES FILED AND EXCHANGED WITHOUT READING IN OPEN COURT NULLIFIES THE ENTIRE TRIAL AMINU MIKAILU VS. THE STATE (2001) 8 NWLR PT. 715, 469 (C.A.)

After the close of evidence by both sides to a case before the court, it is part of the trial process in Magistrate and High Courts etc. for counsel to both parties to deliver an address before the court. The address by counsel is the summation of all the major and important aspects of the evidence of each party, together with the judicial and statutory authorities relied on to prove one’s case.