[2019]DLCA8713 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">ERIC COBBINAH @ ADOLF HITLER<o:p></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SUIT NO. H2/8/17<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">DATE: 30</span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">TH</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">MAY, 2019</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">MATHIAS KWESI YANKAH FOR APPELLANT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">STELLA OHENE APPIAH FOR REPUBLIC (SSA)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ADJEI JA (PRESIDING), ACKAH-YENSU (MS) JA, POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">POKU- ACHEAMPONG, JA</span></u></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">This is an appeal against the judgment from an Accra High Court dated 27<sup>th</sup> February 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">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></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">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></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">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></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">The brief facts of the case are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">On the 12<sup>th</sup> 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>