<p><strong>OBIETONBARA DANIEL-KALIO, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment):</strong> This appeal is over a conviction and sentence in a case of armed robbery. From the information before the High Court of Ogun State, Ijebu-Igbo Judicial Division in suit No. HCB/8c/2006, the appellant Femi Balogun and one other person were charged with the offences of conspiracy to commit Armed Robbery and Armed Robbery contrary to section 6(b) and section (1) (2) (a) respectively of the Robbery and Firearms (Special provisions) Act Cap R. 11 Laws of the Federation, 2004 and punishable under the said Act. The appellant was accused of robbing his victims of a Sonny Ericson cell phone and the sum of ₦500 while armed with a cutlass.</p><p> The robbery incident took place at No. 3 Topon Road, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State.</p><p> The trial proper in the lower court began on the 11th of June 2007 with the plea of the appellant. Judgment was delivered roughly two years after, on the 30th of July 2009, to be precise. The trial Judge found that the p…</p>