FRANCIS YIRENKYI V. THE REPUBLIC

JUDGEMENT

DOTSE JSC

In his book, entitled “The Supremes Greatest Hits – The 34 Supreme Court Cases That Most Directly Affect Your Life” Michael G. Trachtman, commenced chapter 4 of the book on page 58 with the following quotation which we think is very relevant to the circumstances of this case that we would want to adapt and use. It states as follows:-

“The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any colour of the rainbow...” Atticus Finch,

This is an appeal by the Appellant against the unanimous decision of the Court of Appeal, dated 10^th April 2014 which dismissed an earlier appeal lodged by the appellant against his conviction by the trial Circuit Court, Tema on 2 counts of conspiracy to commit crime, to wit, stealing and stealing, to the High Court. In otherwords, the appellant, who was tried alongside 5 other persons by the Circuit Court Tema on the 2 counts referred to supra was convicted and sentenced to a term of 10 years on each count to run con…