KINGSFORD AMOAH @ KWAME ABAKA (APPELLANT) vs. THE REPUBLIC (RESPONDENT)

HONYENUGA J.A. The appellant, Kingsford Amoah alias Kwame Abaka was jointly tried with one Yaw Duodu in the High Court, Cape Coast. Both accused persons faced a common count of conspiracy to commit robbery contrary to section 23(1) and section 149 of the Criminal Act, Act 29 as amended by Act 646 of 2003 and the substantive offence of robbery contrary to section 149 of Act 29 the Criminal Act, 1960, Act 29. Both accused persons were convicted and sentenced to forty years on each count to run concurrently. The second accused, Kingsford Amoah alias Kwame Abaka has appealed against his conviction and sentence. The facts were that the accused persons who are farmers hatched a plan to snatch a taxi cab and so on the 29th June 2007, the two, armed with two knives contacted one Kwame Takyi, a driver of a Tico taxi cab and hired his services. They directed the driver, now deceased, to convey them from Mankessim to Kromanmu to purchase Akpeteshie. On reaching Kromanmu and after s...