PRACTICE NOTE: BLACKIE vs. THE STATE [1962]DLSC1678

Date	1962-10-19
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1962]DLSC1678

VAN LARE J.S.C.

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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 3.25in left 396.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#548DD4">PRACTICE NOTE: BLACKIE <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 3.25in left 396.75pt"><a name="_gjdgxs"></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#548DD4">vs. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 3.25in left 396.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">THE STATE <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:center 3.25in left 396.75pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">[SUPREME COURT]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">[1962] 2 GLR 219<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:
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mso-border-shadow:yes"><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">DATE:</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B0F0"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">19TH OCTOBER, 1962.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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mso-border-shadow:yes"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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mso-border-shadow:yes"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">CORAM: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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yes"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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yes"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">JUDGMENT OF VAN
LARE J.S.C.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">The appellant had two cases pending against him before the Circuit
Court, Accra. In each the offences were unlawful entry and stealing: one
transaction took place in February 1961 and the other in March 1961. The
indictments were preferred on the 20th November, 1961, when the appellant was
convicted and sentenced to a term of five years I.H.L. on each count. The
sentences were concurrent. The trial on the second indictment came before Judge
Wiredu on the 14th December, 1961, when he also convicted the appellant and
sentenced him to a term of five years I.H.L. on each count concurrent. It
appears from Mr. Wiredu’s notes that he treated the earlier conviction of the
appellant as a previous conviction. This strictly is not so. A previous
conviction is one in respect of which the prisoner had already suffered
punishment before committing a later offence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">The offences committed by the appellant in respect of which the
two indictments were preferred formed a series of offences of the same and
similar character. The trial circuit judge in the instant case should have made
the sentence of five years I.H.L. to run concurrently with the former sentence
imposed in the earlier case. Failure to do so means that the appellant would be
serving two consecutive sentences of five years I.H.L. totalling ten years
I.H.L. This in our view is manifestly excessive and we agree with the learned
senior state attorney that the sentence imposed in this case should be made to
run concurrently with the sentence imposed by the trial court on the 20th
November, 1961.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>

</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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yes"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;, serif;">(Blackie v. The State. Judgment of the Supreme Court (van Lare, Sarkodee-Adoo
and Crabbe, JJ.S.C.) delivered by van Lare, J.S.C.).<o:p></o:p></span></p></span></main>