THE REPUBLIC vs. ELVIS OPOKU KYEI @ AZOR [2015]DLCA8414

Date	2015-10-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H2/3/2013
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8414

ADJEI JA – PRESIDING

CECILIA H. SOWAH JA

HENRY KWOFIE JA

KWASE FYNN FOR APPELLANTS

EMILY ADDO-OKYIREH (CSA) WITH EMMANUEL OPARE WIREDU

(ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY) FOR REPUBLIC

[2015]DLCA8414
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>ELVIS OPOKU KYEI @ AZOR<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KOFORIDUA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO: H2/3/2013&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 28TH OCT, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWASE FYNN FOR APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EMILY ADDO-OKYIREH
(CSA) WITH EMMANUEL OPARE WIREDU (ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY) FOR REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

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ADJEI JA – PRESIDING,
CECILIA H. SOWAH JA, HENRY KWOFIE JA<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>SOWAH, J.A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:
minor-fareast;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The appellant was convicted by the
High Court, Koforidua on 21st July 2010 on charges of Conspiracy
to commit crime and Robbery contrary to section 23(1) and section 149
respectively of the Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act 29. <o:p></o:p>The
brief facts of the case are that on 10th June 2008 five masked armed
men attacked a house and robbed the inmates. There was no arrest that night but
one of the victims [PW1] said that she could identify one of the robbers who
had removed his mask during the robbery. About a month after the robbery, the
appellant went to a shop to make a purchase. PW1 who was a cashier at the store
saw the appellant, alleged that she recognized him, and informed PW3 who caused
his arrest. The appellant was charged with four others at large. He pleaded
‘not guilty’, was tried, convicted and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment on
each count to run concurrently<o:p></o:p>Aggrieved
with his conviction and sentence, the appellant filed a petition of appeal on
28th July 2010 with six grounds of appeal. An additional ground of
appeal was filed pursuant to leave granted by this court on 10th
March 2015. The grounds of appeal are as follows: <o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The judgment of the court cannot be
supported with the evidence adduced at the court.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial Judge erred in law
when he held that the discrepancy in the evidence of the prosecution witnesses
on the number of the people involved in the robbery does not deserve
consideration.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The learned trial Judge fell into
serious error when he held that apart from PW1 observing the accused, her
account that she told the other victims whilst waiting to be rescued and her
repetition of same to the police that same night and her statement to the
police that she saw the accused person, shows that she was candid in what she
said about observing the accused person.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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