FRANCIS BOAFO @ CUDJOE vs. THE REPUBLIC [2017]DLCA4746

Date	2017-05-04
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H3/9/2013
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA4746

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A

CECILIA SOWAH J.A

OLIVER ATSU ABADA FOR APPELLANT

OSAFO SAMPONG (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR RESPONDENT

[2017]DLCA4746
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FRANCIS BOAFO @ CUDJOE<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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SUIT
NO: H3/9/2013&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;DATE: 4TH
MAY, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>OLIVER ATSU ABADA 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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OSAFO
SAMPONG (CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY) FOR RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

MARIAMA
OWUSU J.A (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A, CECILIA SOWAH J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON (J.A)<o:p></o:p>The Appellant and seven others were
charged with the offences of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery and
tried. He was convicted of the offence of conspiracy to commit crime to wit
robbery contrary to sections 23(1) and 149 of The Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act
29, on 17th January 2007 and sentenced to fifty years imprisonment
with hard labour.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Being aggrieved by both his conviction
and sentence, he has launched the present appeal on the following grounds<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the conviction of the 6th Convict/Appellant on the charge of
conspiracy ought to be set aside on the ground that same is not supported by
the evidence adduced at the trial<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That
the learned trial judge erred in convicting the 6th
Convict/Appellant when there was no evidence of any conspiracy between either
the 1st Convict or the 3rd Convict or any of the other
convicts herein subsequent to the commission of the offence<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;