JUDGEMENT
APPAU, JSC:-
The appellant is before us on a second appeal against the majority decision of the first appellate court which affirmed his conviction and sentence by the trial High court. The brief facts of this case are that the appellant and three other friends chartered a taxi-cab to Nyaho Clinic area for one of them to collect money from someone. On the way, it was alleged an attempt was made by the appellant and his friends to snatch the taxi-cab in which they were, from the driver. In the process, they took an amount of GHc40.00 from the driver but could not drive away the car. A military officer, who ventured onto the scene, assisted the driver of the taxi cab to arrest one of the accused persons while the others, including the appellant who was the 2nd defendant at the trial, managed to escape. They were later arrested with the exception of one person who was tried in absentia with the others on charges of conspiracy to rob and robbery contrary to sections 23 (1) and 149…