THE REPUBLIC vs. GODWIN HOVEY BAHEY

JUDGMENT Upon leave of the Court dated 31 January 2023, and pursuant to the Criminal & Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30) s. 326, the appellant filed the notice of petition/appeal a week later 9 Feb. 2023. The appeal is not against his conviction for the charges of unlawful entry, stealing, and causing unlawful damage contrary to the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) i.e. sections 152, 124(1) and 172(b) respectively but rather against the respective sentences of “3 years, 2 years, and 2 years IHL [to run] consecutively” (Emphasis added). The Appellant is unrepresented by counsel. His appeal processes were put together by a Prison Warden Officer. Strictly on the face of the papers, the appeal is against the sentence that he claims the court directed to run consecutively, and also for mitigation thereof on grounds that he is “a first-time offender; handed 3 warrants out of two dockets, [and that] he had served 3 and half of the 7 years imposed by the trial judge”. ...