THE REPUBLIC vs. YAO YEBOAH

JUDGMENT The appellant herein was on 22 November 2018 convicted and sentenced to a cumulative 17-years imprisonment by the Circuit Court, Kpando presided over by His Honour Nana Brew on two criminal counts of stealing and possessing stolen property contrary to the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) s.124(1), and s. 148. On 14 February 2023, the appellant filed this appeal upon leave the court granted on 13 February 2023 under the Criminal & Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30) s. 326. The appeal is against the cumulative sentence of 17 years IHL the trial circuit court imposed on the appellant. The appeal, therefore, is not against his conviction of the offences, but rather against the sentences of 9 years and 8 years, including the order of the trial court for the sentences to run, “conservatively” 17 years, which I understand to be rather ‘consecutively’. The grounds of the appeal, per the notice filed, simply, is for mitigation of the 17- year sentence on ground...