SHAIBU SANDO vs. THE REPUBLIC [2013]DLCA5190

Date	2013-07-18
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL: SUIT NO.: H2/23/2010
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA5190

KANYOKE J.A. (PRESIDING)

OWUSU M. J.A.

SOWAH C. J.A.

MR. NKRABEA EFFAH DARTEY FOR APPELLANT

MRS. MARINA APPIAH OPARE (PSA) FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2013]DLCA5190
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SHAIBU SANDO<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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CRIMINAL APPEAL: SUIT NO.: H2/23/2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; JULY
18, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
NKRABEA EFFAH DARTEY FOR APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>KANYOKE
J.A. (PRESIDING), OWUSU M. J.A., SOWAH C. J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>OWUSU
M., J.A:<o:p></o:p>On
4th august, 2000, after the summing up to the Jury, the latter returned
a verdict of Guilty on conspiracy to commit an offence to wit robbery and the
offence of robbery against the appellant. The appellant was convicted
accordingly and was sentenced to Life Imprisonment.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the High Court, Accra, the appellant appealed to the Court
of Appeal on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the sentence imposed on the appellant is not only harsh but also excessive as
regards to circumstances surrounding his conviction.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
your humble appellant was not apprehended at any scene of crime but was
suspected and prematurely identified on mere resemblance of someone else who
looks like him, thick and tall gigantic.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
accordingly to PW1, he was compelled and instructed by the police to pick and
identified appellant which he did but against his dire wish.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
appellant was in a registered taxi cab that belongs to a police officer that
later picked the passengers the police was looking for, gotten them, one was
shot dead, the other also shot but managed to escape.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
your humble appellant was arrested alongside the taxi driver but was later set
free and regardless of the fact that the taxi driver informed the police that I
was not part of the two, I am still held and prosecuted wrongfully.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">6.