PROMISE EMEKA vs. THE REPUBLIC [2020]DLCA8595

Date	2020-01-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: H2/09/2019
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA8595

MABEL M. AGYEMANG (MRS.) JA (PRESIDING)

ALEX B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA

MERLEY A. WOOD (MRS.) JA

[2020]DLCA8595
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PROMISE EMEKA<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS/PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
KOFORIDUA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL: H2/09/2019&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;DATE: 29TH JAN, 2020<o:p></o:p>

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MABEL M.
AGYEMANG (MRS.) JA (PRESIDING), ALEX B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA, MERLEY A. WOOD
(MRS.) JA <o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA:<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal against both conviction and sentence by an Accra High Court.&nbsp; In a judgment dated 29th January,
2010 the Appellant and three others were convicted on two counts of conspiring
to rob and robbery contrary to sections 23 (1) and 149 of the Criminal Offences
Act 1960, Act 29.<o:p></o:p>The
facts of the case are that on 25/2/2006 at about 1.00am the appellant, the 4th
accused person in the case and four others invaded the house of the complainant
Ms. Joyce Opoku Boateng, a lawyer at West Legon, Accra inflicted cutlass wounds
on her, beat her and her family mercilessly and robbed her of the following
items. <o:p></o:p>Konica
Camera; two mobile phones, jewellery, a ………….containing valuable documents and ¢1,500,000
old Ghana Cedis. All the accused persons escaped after the robbery.<o:p></o:p>The
accused persons were arrested on the 28th of April 2006 from their
hideout at Tudu in Accra. During an identification parade they were identified
by the Complainant and PW2, her brother.<o:p></o:p>The
first accused person led the police to Kwabenya a suburb of Accra under the
ground in a bush …………………of arms (weapons) namely which were tendered as
exhibits.<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Thirty-two 8 mm ammunition,
Exhibit A, A1-31.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Three locally manufactured
pistols, Exhibit B, B1-2<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
One Russian made pistol,
Exhibit C<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
One Pump Action gun –
Exhibit D<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A cutter – Exhibit E<o:p></o:p><!--[if !suppor</main>