DEXTER EDDIE JOHNSON vs. THE REPUBLIC [2011]DLSC4117

Date	2011-03-16
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. J3/3/2010
Citation No.	[2011]DLSC4117

S.K. DATE-BAH JSC (PRESIDING)

R.C. OWUSU (MS) JSC

J. DOTSE JSC

ANIN-YEBOAH JSC

B.T. ARYEETEY JSC

KWABLA SENANU FOR APPELLANT.

MISS CYNTHIA LAMPTEY CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[2011]DLSC4117
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DEXTER EDDIE JOHNSON<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. J3/3<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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16TH<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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</div><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">COUNSEL<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MISS
CYNTHIA LAMPTEY, CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

S.K. DATE-BAH JSC (PRESIDING), R.C. OWUSU (MS) JSC,
J. DOTSE JSC, ANIN-YEBOAH JSC, AND B.T. ARYEETEY JSC&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>DR. DATE-BAH JSC:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>On the 18th day of June 2008, the
appellant was convicted of a grisly murder by a jury at the Fast Track High
Court, Accra.&nbsp; The appellant appealed
against his conviction and against an order by the High Court forfeiting his
Mercedes Benz car.&nbsp; The appellant also
filed supplementary grounds of appeal contending that the death sentence
imposed on him violated the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment
under article 15(2) of the 1992 Constitution; the right to protection from
arbitrary deprivation of life under article 13(1) of the Constitution; and the
right to a fair trial under artlcle 19(1) of the Constitution.&nbsp; The appeal was dismissed by the Court of
Appeal, resulting in the present further appeal to this Court.<o:p></o:p>Before this Court, the appellant has appealed
against both conviction and sentence.&nbsp;
His grounds of appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p>“(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grounds of appeal against Conviction:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The dismissal of the Appellant’s appeal against
conviction for murder is unreasonable or cannot be supported having regard to
the evidence on record.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The judgment of the Court of Appeal occasioned a
substantial miscarriage of justice as the Trial High Court Judge’s acquittal of
the Appellant on the charge of co</main>