MAKWEI AMEDEGBE vs. THE REPUBLIC [2016]DLCA5312

Date	2016-02-10
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. H2/08/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5312

DENNIS DOMINIC ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

CECILIA H. SOWAH J.A.

L. L. MENSAH J.A.

[2016]DLCA5312
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MAKWEI AMEDEGBE<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, KOFORIDUA]<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. H2/08/2014&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: 10TH
FEBRUARY, 2016<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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DENNIS
DOMINIC ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING), CECILIA H. SOWAH J.A., &nbsp;L. L. MENSAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:
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</div>L.
L. MENSAH, J.A.<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal launched by the Appellant who was convicted on 30th
April 2002 by the High Court, Ho for the offence of robbery and found guilty by
the jury.&nbsp; After conviction, the
Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment.<o:p></o:p>As
aforementioned, the Appellant was charged with robbery contrary to section 149
of Act 29/60 as amended by NLCD 398 paragraph 6.<o:p></o:p>The
particulars of the offence is that the Appellant, a fitter, on the 11th
day of December, 2000 at Srogbe in the Volta Region for the purpose of stealing
an amplifier, a tape recorder and cassettes and ₵2 million cash caused harm to one
Emelia Apetorgbor with intent to prevent her resistance to the stealing of the
money and the other gadgets.<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant from the Record of Appeal is however not appealing against the
conviction, but pleads for mitigation of sentence.<o:p></o:p>The
grounds of the appeal which is based on the mitigation of sentence aforesaid are
as follows:-<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Appellant regrets his action and it is out of deep remorse that he is praying
for mitigation of sentence.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Appellant is a first-time offender who has learned his lesson in prison and
vows to keep away from all forms of crime in the future.<o:p></o:p>The
relief sought by the Appellant is for the court to temper justice with mercy
and substitute a more lenient sentence for the life imprisonment.<o:p></o:p>The
facts on which rests this appeal is that the complainant Edwin Apetorgbor is a
susu collector who lives at Srogbe a town near Anloga in the Keta
municipality.&nbsp; On 10th December 2000 in
the night, the complainant was asleep in a kiosk near his house.&nbsp; His wife slept alone in their room.&nbsp; At about 1.00 a.m. while the woman was
asleep, the Ap</main>