ANTHONY DZADZA V. THE REPUBLIC

JUDGMENT

ADJEI, J.A.

The Appellant  and two  other accused persons were  charged with four  counts of  offences, namely; conspiracy to commit robbery contrary to sections 23(1) and  149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 and robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal  Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).

The Appellant and the other accused persons were tried on indictment. The accused persons pleaded guilty simpliciter to the counts and were convicted on their own plea. The High court convicted all the accused persons and sentenced each of them to thirty-five years I.H.L.

The Appellant herein dissatisfied with the sentence imposed on him filed an appeal pursuant to the leave granted by the Court of Appeal to file  an appeal against sentence  out of time.

The two grounds of appeal filed by the appellant are:

“i. The appellant being first time offender and on the basis of valuable  lessons learnt in the prisons, his character has undergone  tremendous positive transformation and humbly prays the…