ISMAILA NUNOO LARTEY (APPELLANT) vs. THE REPUBLIC (RESPONDENT) [2019]DLCA7777

Date	2019-01-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO H2/26/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7777

ADJEI JA (PRESIDING)

SOWAH JA

POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA

ERIC ALIFO ESQ FOR THE APPELLANT

MRS ELIZABETH SECKIFIO (SSA) FOR THE RESPONDENT REPUBLIC

[2019]DLCA7777
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISMAILA NUNOO LARTEY<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" 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><o:p>&nbsp;</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 H2/26/2017&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 30TH
JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ERIC
ALIFO ESQ 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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MRS
ELIZABETH SECKIFIO (SSA) FOR THE RESPONDENT REPUBLIC<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), SOWAH JA, POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>POKU-ACHEAMPONG,J.A<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant Ismaila Nunoo Lartey and another person Shola Ogukelende alias&nbsp; OGUSH, the 2nd accused were tried
by the High Court (Jury trial) for the offences of conspiracy to commit robbery
contrary to section 23 (1)&nbsp; and section
149 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) and robbery contrary to section 149
of the Criminal Offences Act&nbsp; 1960 Act
29.<o:p></o:p>FACTS<o:p></o:p>The
brief facts of the case which are straightforward are as follows.<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant claims that following the persistent requests of PW3 one Sulley Asamoah,
whom he describes as his brother, he agreed to participate in robbing one Dr.
Jonathan Acheampong who was killed in the course of the robbery.&nbsp; The said brother Sulley Asamoah, PW3 in the
case at the trial court, was the houseboy of the late Dr. Jonathan
Acheampong.&nbsp; The Appellant claims that
Sulley Asamoah reported to him that his master Dr. J. Acheampong was not
treating him well and had been underpaying him and so he needed people to rob the
said master.<o:p></o:p>Appellant
claims he was with two other friends (Nigerian) including the 2nd
accused when PW3 told him this. The two (2) asked him to look out for more
information about the deceased Dr. J. Acheampong to enable them rob him.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
29th September, 1999 the Appellant and his accomplices i.e. the two (2)
Nigerian friends robbed Dr. Acheampong in the house and in the course of the
robbery Dr. J. Acheampong was killed.<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant told the court that he did not enter the deceased’s room with his
accomplices who attacked the Late Dr. Acheampong.&nbsp; He claimed that the two later called him into
the victim’s room and he found out that they had tied the deceased’s hands
behind him with a rope and that Dr. Jonathan Acheampong&nbsp; was in a state of unconsciousness at the time
he the Appellant entered the room.<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant and his accomplice packed the deceased belongings into the deceased’s
own private car and he the Appellant drove the car from the house to the
Appellant’s father’s house where the items were discharged.<o:p></o:p>In
the course of the trial the second accused person SHOLA Ogukelende alias Ogush
was found not guilty of the two charges following a submission of no case made
on his behalf.&nbsp; He was therefore
acquitted and discharged.<o:p></o:p>In a
judgment dated 29th July, 2003 the jury found the Appellant guilty
of the charges of conspiracy and robbery and the trial Judge convicted him on
both counts and sentenced him to life imprisonment on the charges of conspiracy
and robbery.&nbsp; Both sentences were to run
concurrently .<o:p></o:p>APPEAL- It is against this
sentence that the Appellant has appealed.<o:p></o:p>GROUNDS OF APPEAL<o:p></o:p></main>