ISSAKA SALIFU vs. THE REPUBLIC [2018]DLCA4921

Date	2018-10-25
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H2/12/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4921

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A

HENRY A. KWOFIE J.A

MR. MUNIRU KASSIM FOR THE APPELLANT

MR. SETH AWERE OPANYINYENA (SSA) FOR THE REPUBLIC/RESPONDENT.

[2018]DLCA4921
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISSAKA
SALIFU<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<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: H2/12/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 25TH OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
MUNIRU KASSIM 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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MR.
SETH AWERE OPANYINYENA (SSA) FOR THE REPUBLIC/RESPONDENT.<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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MARIAMA
OWUSU J.A (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A, HENRY A. KWOFIE J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HENRY
KWOFIE J.A:<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the judgment
of the High Court, Accra dated<o:p></o:p>the 27th day of September
2013 in which the High Court convicted the accused person of the offences of
conspiracy to commit a crime namely robbery and Robbery and sentenced him to 15
years imprisonment on both counts to run concurrently.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The brief facts of the case are that
on the 28th of April 2003, the appellant and his accomplices
attacked and robbed the complainant and his family at about 3am in their house
at Mempeasem near East Legon.&nbsp; The
appellant and his accomplices in the course of the robbery made away with
GH¢40.00 and the following items:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1
Sanyo TV Set<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1
Toshiba video deck<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2
Nokia Mobile phones<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2
Suit cases<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1
travelling bag<o:p></o:p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1
Fida Carpet Cleaner<o:p></o:p>7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1
Sound System<o:p></o:p>As the armed robbers were leaving the
house, an alarm was raised and people in the neighbourhood were awakened by the
alarm.&nbsp; An unidentified neighbour shot
the appellant in the leg but he managed to run into a nearby bush where he was
arrested by a police patrol team. &nbsp;Searches
conducted on him revealed one locally manufactured pistol and four small
cartridges.&nbsp; Based on these facts, the
appellant and his accomplice were charged with the offence of conspiracy to
commit a cri</main>