ERIC KODJO @ CASHMAN vs. THE REPUBLIC [2015]DLCA4719

Date	2015-07-23
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL SUIT NO.H2/10/2015
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA4719

KUSI-APPIAH (J.A.) – PRESIDING

KORBIEH (J.A.)

AGYEMANG (MRS.) (J.A.)

MR. SAMUEL K. OFORI FOR THE APPELLANT

MARINA APPIAH-OPARE (PSA) FOR THE REPUBLIC

[2015]DLCA4719
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ERIC KODJO @ CASHMAN<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><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
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CRIMINAL APPEAL SUIT NO.H2/10/2015&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: 23RD JULY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.&nbsp; SAMUEL K. OFORI 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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MARINA
APPIAH-OPARE (PSA) FOR THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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KUSI-APPIAH
(J.A.) – PRESIDING, KORBIEH (J.A.), AGYEMANG (MRS.) (J.A.)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>KUSI-APPIAH,&nbsp; J.A.:<o:p></o:p>The
appellant and one Hannah Martey were charged with two counts of conspiracy to
crime to wit, Robbery and Robbery Contrary to Section 23 (1) and 149 of the Criminal
Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) respectively and arraigned before the High
Court, Accra for trial.<o:p></o:p>The
brief facts leading to this appeal are as follows:&nbsp; Sometime in March, 2008, the appellant met
Hannah Martey at a drinking bar at Agbogloshie, Accra and started a
relationship.&nbsp; On 29th April,
2008, the appellant accompanied his lover girl to her hometown, Nuase in the
Eastern Region to attend a funeral.<o:p></o:p>Whilst
there, the two love birds agreed to come back to Accra and rob a vehicle and
sell it at Nsuase.&nbsp; Pursuant to their
said plan, the appellant and Hannah Martey on 30th April, 2008 went
to the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra and hired a Kia Pride Taxi Cab driven by one
Godfred Sakyi to Adenta.&nbsp; But on reaching
Adenta Lotto Kiosk, the appellant pulled out a locally manufactured pistol and
directed the taxi driver to take them to Adenta Commandos which he did.&nbsp; However, the appellant at gun point ordered
the driver to hand over the ignition key to his girlfriend and robbed him of an
amount of Gh¢50.00 and a Nokia mobile phone which he had on him.&nbsp; Thereafter, the appellant ordered the driver
out of the cab and shot him at the back.&nbsp;
The appellant and his girlfriend then drove the car to Nuase and handed
it over to another person to sell.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The
taxi driver managed to get to the road side and with the assistance of another
person lodged a complaint with the police.&nbsp;
The appellant and two other persons including his lover girl were later
arrested.&nbsp; The case proceeded to
trial.&nbsp; On 10th February,
2009, the two were convicted on both counts.&nbsp;
The appellant was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment with hard labour on
both counts whilst Hannah Martey was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on both
counts.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the said judgment, the appellant has appealed to this court against his
sentence on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “REDUCTION
OF SENTENCE<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Convict is a first offender<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Convict did not waste the court’s time
in admitting his guilt.<o:p></o:p>