QUARSHIE BRUNO vs. THE REPUBLIC [2019]DLHC10133

Date	2019-07-01
Suit No.	CASE NO. CR/177/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10133

JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI J.

STANLEY BOYE-QUARTEY (HOLDING BRIEF OF NATHANIEL MYERS) FOR APPELLANT

NANA ADOMA OSEI (STATE ATTORNEY) FOR REPUBLIC/RESPONDENT)

[2019]DLHC10133
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >QUARSHIE BRUNO<o:p></o:p>(CONVICT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT
(CRIMINAL DIVISION, 5) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>STANLEY BOYE-QUARTEY
(HOLDING BRIEF OF NATHANIEL MYERS) FOR APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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ADOMA OSEI (STATE ATTORNEY) FOR REPUBLIC/RESPONDENT) <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE GEORGE
BUADI J.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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CRIMINAL APPEAL<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduction<o:p></o:p>This is a criminal
appeal from the Circuit Court, Accra against the judgment of the learned trial
judge dated 26 February 2018<a href="file:///C:/Users/aggie/Desktop/2020-21/Criminal/Quarshie%20Bruno%20v%20Republic%20(2021_01_25%2010_26_20%20UTC).docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a>
that convicted and sentenced the appellant herein on a charge of robbery
contrary to s.149, Criminal &amp; Other
offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) to a term of ten (10) years imprisonment in
hard labour (IHL). <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The brief facts
are that appellant managed to seize a mobile phone being held by and belonging
to the complainant (PW1) whilst the complainant was on her way back home on the
street of Dansoman around 10:30 pm. A taxi driver (PW2) who was close to the crime
scene responded to PW1’s SOS calls for help, pursued appellant and succeeded to
arrest him, brought appellant to the crime scene, and together with PW1 sent
appellant to the police who after interrogation charged appellant with the
offence of robbery at the Circuit Court, Accra. In court, appellant denied the
charge; he pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the offense, but at the end of trial, the
court found him guilty and upheld the charge, convicted appellant and sentenced
him to 10 years IHL on 26 February 2018.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;2.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grounds
of the appeal<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied with
the decision of the court, appellant filed notice of appeal on 22 March 2018
seeking to set aside his conviction and sentence on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Judgment was
unreasonable in law, considering the evidence on record<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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The reliance by
the trial Circuit Court on the hospital form of PW1 when PW1 attended hospital
more than one month after the alleged event is wrong in law since such was not
contemporaneous with the event. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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