KELVIN ASABRI vs. THE REPUBLIC [2019]DLCA8704

Date	2019-06-27
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.: H2/5/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8704

OFOE JA

ACKAH-YENSU JA

POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA

ALBERT ADAARE FOR APPELLANT

[2019]DLCA8704
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KELVIN ASABRI<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
 mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">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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 <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
 text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
 padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CRIMINAL
 APPEAL NO.: H2/5/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 27TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ALBERT ADAARE 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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 SETH
 AWERE-OPANYINYENA (SSA) FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
 line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
 &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 OFOE JA, ACKAH-YENSU JA, POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA<o:p></o:p>
 </div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;
 margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;
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 mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div>POKU-ACHEAMPONG, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant was convicted by an Accra Circuit Court, (presided over by His Honour
Eric Kyei Baffuor as he then was) on 15th August 2011 for the
offence of Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and Robbery Contrary to Sections 23(1)
and 149 of the Criminal Offences Act (Act 29) and sentenced to 50 years
imprisonment with hard Labour, (IHL).<o:p></o:p>The
Appellant appealed against the sentence imposed on him by the Circuit Court to
the High Court, Accra in suit No. BCRA 82/201 Kelvin Asabri V. The Republic.<o:p></o:p>The
High Court (presided over by Justice R. B. Batu) allowed the appeal on 2nd
April, 2015 and reduced the sentence of 50 years imprisonment with hard labour
(IHL) to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL).<o:p></o:p>Apparently
buoyed by his success at the High Court the Appellant has now appealed to this
court on the following grounds of appeal:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the sentence is harsh and excessive having regard to the circumstances of the
case.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That
the sentence of 25 years that was given by the High Court cannot be supported
having regard to the evidence on record.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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