LIVINGSTONE AFEDZI @ CHAKA vs. THE REPUBIC [2013]DLCA5266

Date	2013-10-25
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/24/2017
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA5266

MARIAMA OWUSU (J.A) PRESIDING

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON (J.A)

HENRY A. KWOFIE (J.A)

MR. EMMANUEL KUMADEY FOR THE APPELLANT

MR. K. ASIAMA- SAMPONG (C S A) FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2013]DLCA5266
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LIVINGSTONE AFEDZI @ CHAKA<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, 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: H2/24/2017&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;&nbsp;DATE: 25TH OCTOBER,
2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. EMMANUEL KUMADEY FOR
THE APPELLANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
K. ASIAMA- SAMPONG (C S A) FOR THE RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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MARIAMA
OWUSU (J.A) PRESIDING, AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON (J.A), HENRY A. KWOFIE (J.A)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AVRIL
LOVELACE-JOHNSON (J.A):<o:p></o:p>On the 17th day
of January 2007, the Appellant was together with six others were convicted of
the offences of Conspiracy to commit crime to wit robbery. Four of them were
additionally convicted of robbery. He was sentenced to 50 years IHL. Some of
the others were additionally convicted of the offence of robbery. The Court
delivered the reasons for its judgment on 1st February 2008.<o:p></o:p>The facts of this case relating
to the Appellant are that, he helped one Awuley Lartey a.k.a. Dada, (an
accused, now at large) to procure the services of the 1st Accused,
an ex-soldier, to help rob one Rose Narh &amp; two others on 30th
January 2002 while they were conveying the proceeds of their day’s sale to
their house on board a vehicle. The said robbery was successfully committed. <o:p></o:p>The Appellant appeals
against both his conviction and sentence on the following grounds filed on 11th
February 2016.<o:p></o:p>i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;That the trial judge erred in law by
convicting appellant exclusively on defective confession statements of the
Appellant.<o:p></o:p>ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the trial judge wrongfully accepted the confession statements in evidence when
the said confession statements were not written and read over by the
independent witness to the Appellant<o:p></o:p>iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the trial judge failed to consider adequately the Defence put up by the
Appellant.<o:p></o:p>