ERIC COBBINAH @ ADOLF HITLER (APPELLANT) vs. THE REPUBLIC (RESPONDENT) [2019]DLCA7764

Date	2019-05-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H2/8/17
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7764

ADJEI JA (PRESIDING)

ACKAH-YENSU (MS) JA

POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA

MATHIAS KWESI YANKAH FOR APPELLANT

STELLA OHENE APPIAH FOR REPUBLIC (SSA)

[2019]DLCA7764
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ERIC COBBINAH
@ ADOLF HITLER<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">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. H2/8/17&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; &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:
30TH MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MATHIAS
KWESI YANKAH 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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STELLA
OHENE APPIAH FOR REPUBLIC (SSA)<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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ADJEI
JA (PRESIDING), ACKAH-YENSU (MS) JA, POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>POKU- ACHEAMPONG, JA<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against the judgment from an Accra High Court dated 27th
February 2009.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Appellant and four (4) other accused persons were charged with two (2) counts
of offences. They were first charged with the offence of conspiracy to commit
crime namely Robbery contrary to sections 23 and 149 of the Criminal Offences
Act 1960, Act 29 as amended by the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act 2003, Act
646.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Secondly,
the accused persons, including the Appellant were charged with the substantive
offence of Robbery contrary to section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960,
Act 29 as amended by Act 646.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Appellant and the four (4) others were each convicted and sentenced on the two
(2) counts to sixty-five (65) years imprisonment with hard labour. The
sentences were to run concurrently. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
brief facts of the case are as follows:<o:p></o:p>On
the 12th day of September 2008 at about 1:30 am, the Appellant and
four (4) others armed with guns, broke into the house of the Complainant, Dr.
Robert Darko Osei and his family at North West Odorkor, Accra. They broke into
all the seven (7) rooms in the house and in the course of doing so, Lt. Col.
Darko (Rtd.), the Complainant’s father was shot in the thigh. With a gun
pointed at the Complainant’s one (1) year old daughter, they managed to take
away one laptop computer, four (4) mobile phones, two (2) wedding rings,
jewelries and cash in the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred and Forty Ghana
Cedis (GH¢1,540.00).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Following
a complaint to the police, the first accused Solomon Duodu was arrested after
it was found he sold one of the stolen phones Nokia N70 to one Kweku.<o:p></o:p>In
the course of investigations, the first accused mentioned the second accused,
Eric Cobbinah (the Appellant) alias Adolf Hitler and Kingsley Amankwa (third
accused) alias Spider as those who sold the phone to him. Upon his arrest, the
Appellant denied the offence. He was however identifi</main>