ANYASS JIBRIL
V.
THE REPUBLIC

(2019) JELR 65590 (CA)

Court of Appeal · SUIT NO. H2/14/2017 · 27 Feb 2019 · Ghana

CORAM

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J. A., WELBOURNE (MRS) J. A.

Core Terms ^Beta

appellant

counsel

independent witness

prosecution

appeal

appellant’s room

case

narcotic drugs

appellant’s witness statement

evidence act

sanctions law

supreme court

appellant’s counsel

exhibit k

possession of narcotic drugs

appellant’s case

appellate court

material witness

trial court

appellant’s caution statement

case of the appellant

notice of appeal

trial judge

appellant’s money

appellant’s statement

basis of the conviction of the appellant

record of appeal

accused admitting matter

brief facts of this case

counsel’s argument

counsel’s case

cross-examination of pw5

entire evidence

following charges

following grounds

given time

high court

judgment of the high court

learned principal state attorney

part of its judgment inter alia

police investigator

purposes of simplicity

rights of all accused persons

said maamekorkor

sufficient evidence

superior officer’s story

time of the taking exhibit krender

whereabouts of the said blessing

whole case

JUDGMENT

WELBOURNE, JA

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Kumasi, dated 11^thJanuary, 2013. The judgment is found at pages 109 to 131 of the Record of Appeal while the Notice of Appeal can be found at pages 132 to 135 of the Record of A ppeal, filed on 8th Februry, 2013 and 28th October, 2013.

The facts in this case are fairly simple and straightforward.

BRIEF FACTS:

The Brief Facts of this case as put forward by the Prosecution are that on the 4^th of August 2011, personnel of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), Ashanti Region, arrested the Appellant herein at his residence at Asawasi, Kumasi and retrieved a total of three thousand, three hundred and twenty five (3325) wrappers of powdery and rocky substances which later tested positive for heroin and cocaine which are narcotic drugs. An amount of Three Thousand and Twelve Ghana cedis (GH₵3,012.00) and One Thousand One Hundred and Eighty Naira (N1,180.0) were also found in the Appellant’s room. The Appellant…

ANYASS JIBRIL V. THE REPUBLIC

ANYASS JIBRIL
V.
THE REPUBLIC