THE REPUBLIC vs. YAO YEBOAH [2023]DLHC16977

Date	2023-04-03
Suit No.	CASE NO. F22/15/2023
Citation No.	[2023]DLHC16977

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI

MS. NANA KONADU FRIMPONG

[2023]DLHC16977
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>YAO YEBOAH<o:p></o:p>(CONVICT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, HO]<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: -0.55pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>CASE NO. F22/15/2023&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: 3RD &nbsp;APRIL 2023<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -0.55pt;">

MS. NANA KONADU FRIMPONG (ASSISTANT STATE
ATTORNEY) FOR THE REPUBLIC<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<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: -0.55pt;">

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

</div>The appellant herein was
on 22 November 2018 convicted and sentenced to a cumulative 17-years
imprisonment by the Circuit Court,
Kpando presided over by
His Honour Nana Brew on two criminal counts of stealing and possessing stolen
property contrary to the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) s.124(1),
and s. 148.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On 14 February 2023, the appellant filed this
appeal upon leave the court
granted on 13 February 2023 under the Criminal &amp; Offences (Procedure) Act, 1960 (Act 30)<o:p></o:p>s. 326. The appeal
is against the cumulative sentence
of 17 years IHL the trial circuit court imposed on the appellant. The appeal, therefore, is not against
his conviction of the
offences, but rather against the sentences of 9 years and 8 years, including
the order of the trial court for the sentences to run, “conservatively” 17
years, which I understand to be rather ‘consecutively’.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The grounds of the appeal,
per the notice filed, simply,
is for mitigation of the 17- year sentence on grounds that the
appellant is:<o:p></o:p>1<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot</main>