Overview
- Prosecutors argued in Gqeberha that Section 319 allows the trial court to reserve discrete questions of law without testing prospects of success.
- State Advocate Apla Bodlani asked the court to refer issues on the proper approach to evaluating evidence and the treatment of corroboration.
- An NPA affidavit by Deputy Director Joel Cesar contends Judge Irma Schoeman erred in law and that another court could reach a different view.
- Defence lawyer Peter Dauberman opposed leave, saying the State is recasting factual disputes as legal errors and that any alleged misstep would not alter the outcome.
- Omotoso and two co-accused were acquitted in April on 32 charges after criticism of the State’s cross-examination, and Omotoso has since left for Nigeria.