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AKOSAH
V.
THE REPUBLIC

(1978) JELR 64775 (HC)

High Court 17 Mar 1978 Ghana
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- The appellant argues that a prima facie case was not made against him and he should not have been required to present a defense. - The counsel for the Republic objects to this ground of appeal, stating that there is no right of appeal aga

Case Details

Judges:AMUA-SEKYI J.
Counsel:W.A.N. ADUMUA-BOSSMAN WITH HIM ANTWI-NIMOH FOR THE APPELLANT; H. A. HAYFRON-BENJAMIN PRINCIPAL STATE ATTORNEY WITH HIM DADE STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE RESPONDENT.
Other Citations:[1979] GLR 250

JUDGMENT

AMUA-SEKYI J.

One of the appellant’s main grounds of complaint is that at the close of the case for the prosecution a prima facie case had not been made out against him and that he ought not to have been called upon to put up a defence. Mr. Hayfron-Benjamin, counsel for the Republic, has objected to this ground of appeal. According to him there is no right of appeal against a decision overruling a submission of no case, the choices open to an accused person whose submission is overruled being those set out in the well-known judgment of Kingdon C.J. in R. v. Ajani (1936) 3 W.A.C.A. 3 at p. 7 which I quote:

“(a) If at the close of the case for the prosecution his Counsel, if he was represented, made no submission, he can be properly convicted upon evidence subsequently given. and
(b) If at the close of the case for the prosecution, he, being unrepresented and probably completely ignorant of procedure, made no submission, he can be properly convicted upon evidence subsequently give…

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