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ERIC YAW ASANTE
V.
THE REPUBLIC

(2025) JELR 114248 (SC)

Supreme Court 12 Jun 2025 Ghana
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- Applicant, convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court (Accra), had his conviction and sentence affirmed by the Court of Appeal; he subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court and sought leave to adduce fresh e

Case Details

Suit Number:J8A/09/2025
Judges:KWOFIE JSC
Counsel:YAW DANKWAH ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT/APPELLANT/APPLICANT WITH HIM NELSON OWUSU ANSAH.
Location:Accra

RULING

KWOFIE JSC.

This is a motion on notice for leave to adduce fresh evidence at the hearing of this appeal, pursuant to rule 76 of the Supreme Court Rules, 1996 (C.I. 16) which provides as follows:

 76 New Evidence

“(1) A party to an appeal before the Court is not entitled to adduce new evidence in support of the original action unless the court, in the interest of justice, allows or requires new evidence relative to the issue before the Court to be adduced.

(2) Evidence shall not be allowed unless the court is satisfied that with due diligence or enquiry the evidence could not have been, and was not, available to the party at the hearing of the original action to which it relates

(3) Evidence may be given by oral examination in court, by an affidavit or by deposition taken before an examiner as directed by the court”

From this rule, it is obvious that the major requirement is that the evidence sought to be led should not have been available during the original trial. If it was available…

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