ISAAC AGU @ BENITO vs. THE REPUBLIC [2016]DLCA4913

Date	2016-12-14
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: H2/05/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4913

E. K. AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING)

G. TORKORNOO (MRS) J.A.

A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) J.A.

YAHAYA BRAIMAH FOR APPELLANT

NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR REPUBLIC

[2016]DLCA4913
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC AGU @ BENITO<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, KUMASI]<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: H2/05/2016&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 DECEMBER,
2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>YAHAYA
BRAIMAH 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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NO
LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR REPUBLIC<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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E.
K. AYEBI J.A. (PRESIDING), G.
TORKORNOO (MRS) J.A. , A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</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>AYEBI,
JA<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is an appeal against the judgment of a
Kumasi High Court, dated 22nd October 2007.&nbsp; At the trial court, four accused persons were
charged on two counts of conspiracy to rob and robbery contrary to sections
23(1) and 149 and section 149 of Act 29/60 as amended by Act 646 of 2003.&nbsp; The particulars state that on 27th
October 2005, at a spot between Katanso and Bereku on the Accra Kumasi trunk
road, the accused did rob at gun point passengers travelling on vehicle No. GT
7908 W of ¢46,028,000.00, $100 and 4 mobile phones whose value is unknown. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
All the accused pleaded not guilty to the
charges.&nbsp; But after a full trial, the
court found all of them guilty of the charges preferred against them.&nbsp; The court sentenced each of them to a term of
25 years IHL on each count, the sentences to ran concurrently, effective from
the 27th October, 2005, the date of commission of the offence and
their arrest.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This Isaac Agu @ Benito was the third
accused at the trial.&nbsp; Being dissatisfied
with the judgment, has appealed against it with leave of this court on 20th
October, 2015.&nbsp; His grounds of appeal are
that:<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial court failed to properly evaluate the evidence which formed the basis of
the conviction of the appellant.<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial judge failed to give proper and adequate consideration to the appellant’s
case.<o:p></o:p>(iii)