[2015]DLSC3256 • November 18, 2015 • Supreme Court •
KWAKU FRIMPONG @ IBOMAN vs. THE REPUBLIC
The applicant and three accomplices were convicted by the High Court, Accra, on 26 August 2006 for conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery, sentenced to 65 years each in hard labour. The applicant appealed to the Court of Appeal, which dismissed the appeal on 23 October 2008. He further appealed to the Supreme Court, which on 18 January 2012 dismissed the appeal against conviction but reduced the sentence to 40 years in hard labour, running from the date of arrest in 2002.
read moreThe applicant and three (3) other accomplices were convicted by the High Court, Accra on the 26th of August 2006 for the offences of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery and were sentenced to 65 years each In Hard Labour (IHL). Applicant herein appealed to the Court of Appeal which on the 23rd Day of October 2008 dismissed his appeal against conviction and sentence. He further appealed to the Supreme Court and on the 18/1/2012 the court dismissed his appeal against conviction but reduced his sentence to 40 years IHL to run from the date of arrest which was 2002. This present application was filed on the 5/8/2015 by the applicant in person; not acting through a lawyer. He described the application in the motion paper as follows: “Motion on notice for leave to appeal for review”. When one considers the substance of the motion, it is essentially an application for extension of time to apply for a review of the decision of the regular panel of this court which gave its decisi...