PROSPER HONU KUDZO vs. THE REPUBLIC [2023]DLHC16912

Date	2023-07-06
Suit No.	CASE NO. CC/25/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16912

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI

MS. SEANDY NUTAKOR

[2023]DLHC16912
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PROSPER HONU KUDZO<o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

MS. SEANDY NUTAKOR
(ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY) FOR THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE
BUADI<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

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

</div>This a criminal appeal the appellant filed on 22 May 2023 upon leave of the Court on 10 May 2023. Per the notice of
appeal, the appellant appears to be dissatisfied with the sentences in two
separate cases of defilement that within a couple of months the Circuit Court,
Hohoe imposed on him. That is, 29 August 2011 and 29 November 2011. His prayer in this
appeal, strictly speaking, is not against the convictions but rather the sentences of 20 years,
and 240 months the trial
imposed in each case. His prayer
in this appeal
is for mitigation of the sentences on grounds
that they are “manifestly harsh and excessive” praying the court “to consider
the facts of the cases and reduce the sentence to the minimum … to run
concurrent”.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The facts on record
are that the appellant was convicted and sentenced on the two separate cases. He had filed this appeal to cover the two convictions for defilement at separate
dates by the </main>