KWABENA PANIN vs. THE REPUBLIC [2023]DLHC16821

Date	2023-07-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO: F22/10/2018
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16821

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JOHN-MARK NUKU ALIFO

PHILIP M. YOUNG ESQ

LUCY BOISON ESQ. (SA)

[2023]DLHC16821
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KWABENA PANIN<o:p></o:p>

(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>

(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

PHILIP M. YOUNG ESQ. FOR APPELLANT
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LUCY BOISON ESQ. (SA) FOR
RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE
JOHN-MARK NUKU ALIFO<o:p></o:p>

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

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This is a criminal appeal against the
judgment of the Circuit Court Cape Coast delivered by Her Worship, Eva Bannerman-Williams
(as she then was) delivered on the 6th November, 2013. The appellant was charged with two (2) counts of possession
of narcotic drugs without lawful authority contrary to section 2(1) of the
Narcotic Drug (Control, Enforcement and Sanctions) Law,1990 (PNDCL 236) and was
convicted and sentenced to serve 10 years`
imprisonment on both counts, sentences to run consecutively.<o:p></o:p>

The
facts presented by the Prosecution in support of the charges
against the appellant are as follows;<o:p></o:p>

The appellant is a farmer who lives at
Breman Kontonsase near Breman Asikuma in Central Region. On 30-06-2011, the
Police acting upon intelligence that the accused peddles in Narcotic went in to his house at Breman
Kontonase, the appellant who was in his kitchen
on seeing the Police bolted. The Police found 3 parcels of dried leaves and 41 wrappers of the substance
suspected to be Indian Hemp. 3 months
later on 29- 09-2011, the Police arrested
the accused in his room after earlier attempts to do