KWEKU REUBEN@MOGYA vs. THE REPUBLIC. [2013]DLCA8099

Date	2013-02-14
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL SUIT NO. H2/35/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA8099

APALOO JA (PRESIDING)

DUOSE JA

HONYENUGA JA

MARINA APPIAH-OPARE (PSA) FOR RESPONDENT

APPELLANT BY HIMSELF

[2013]DLCA8099
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWEKU REUBEN@MOGYA<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 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 SUIT NO. H2/35/2012&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 14TH
FEBRUARY, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL.<o:p></o:p>MARINA
APPIAH-OPARE (PSA) FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPELLANT
BY HIMSELF<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>APALOO JA;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The
appellant and two other persons were charged with offences of Conspiracy to commit Robbery contrary
to section 23(1) and 149 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act 29 and Robbery contrary to section 149 of Act
29.<o:p></o:p>The
Prosecution alleged that on 24th February, 2005 at about 10.15pm the
complainant who is the Assistant Manager of the Goil Filling Station in
Koforidua had returned home from work and was about to open the gate of his
house when he was attacked by the appellant and his co-accused persons and four
others at large.&nbsp; The appellant and his
accomplices who were wielding guns succeeded in robbing the complainant of an
amount of ¢120,000,000.00 now GH¢12,000.00 being sales for the day and a pump
action gun he had in his vehicle.&nbsp; The
robbers succeeded in robbing the second complainant (the wife of the
complainant’s uncle) who was with the complainant of an amount of ¢2,000,000.00
now GH¢200.00, a nokia mobile phone, a pair of jeans trousers, a flask
containing baby food and four necklaces.&nbsp;
The Appellant and his accomplices absconded after collecting the items
but through investigations by the Police, the appellant and two other persons
namely Twum Ampofo and Yaw Boakye@Onua@Playboy were arrested.&nbsp; They pleaded not guilty to both charges and
were tried and convicted.&nbsp; The appellant
was sentenced to a term of 22 years on each count.&nbsp; The sentences were to run concurrently.<o:p></o:p>Being
dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial court the appellant is appealing on
the following grounds;<o:p></o:p>“1. &nbsp;&nbsp; The trial Judge misdirected
himself on the assessment of the evidence <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on&nbsp;
record when he failed to;<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Find
that it was the duty of the prosecution to prove its case beyond reasonable
doubt and that in so doing it will rely on the weakness of the case of the
appellant.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Find
that you do not put together a multitude of suspicion and infer or find guilt
therefrom.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Warn
himself of the danger of convicting the appellant based on the evidence of a
co-accused and in the absence of any concrete independent witness.<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="2" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">The trial Judge failed
 to analyse the e</main>