THE REPUBLIC vs STEPHEN EISE & ANOTHER [2019]DLCA6372

Date	2019-04-04
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H2/9/2015
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6372

P.K. GYAESAYOR JA (PRESIDING)

A. LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA

N. C. A. AGBEVOR JA

CHARLES BAMIDUAH FOR THE APPELLANTS

ELIZABETH SACKEYFIO FOR THE RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA6372
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>STEPHEN EISE &amp; ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANTS)<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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APPEAL SUIT NO: H2/9/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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 APRIL
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CHARLES BAMIDUAH FOR THE APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SACKEYFIO FOR THE RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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&nbsp;CORAM: <o:p></o:p>

P.K. GYAESAYOR JA (PRESIDING), A. LOVELACE-JOHNSON
JA, N. C. A. AGBEVOR JA<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>AGBEVOR,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>This
appeal is from the conviction of the two appellants by the High Court, Accra on
the 18 day of September 2008 for Robbery Contrary to Section 149 of Act 29,
1960.<o:p></o:p>The
trial court found both accused persons guilty after a trial, convicted each of
the accused and sentenced them to a term of 45 years Imprisonment with Hard
Labour each.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with their conviction and sentence they have lodged the instant appeal to this
court on the grounds that:-<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The High Court erred when it relied on the
evidence of the complainant to convict the appellants even though the
complainant failed to appear for cross examination by Counsel for the
Appellants despite the court order recalling him thereby occasioning gross
miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the High Court erred when it ruled
that the appellants had been sufficiently identified by the complainant thereby
occasioning gross miscarriage of justice.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the trial judge erred when he ruled
that the prosecution had proved its case beyond doubt.<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That the sentence is too harsh.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
facts upon which the accused were tried and convicted are not stated in the
record (see the effect of this omission below) but this court will summarise
this from the records.<o:p></o:p>The
complainant (PW1) is a Chartered Accountant and worked with KPMG.&nbsp; On the 17th November 2006 at about
8.30pm he closed from work and was on his way home driving his Mercedes Benz
‘C’ class registered as GT 619 V to his h</main>