JUDGMENT
Ackaah-Boafo, JA
i. Overview:
[1] My Lords, Majid Seidu, the Appellant was convicted with others of one count of Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and one count of Robbery; and sentenced to Forty (40) years in prison. Leave for extension of time to appeal was granted by the High Court in November 2021 and the appeal was immediately filed. From the Record of Appeal, I deduce that the trial judge based the convictions on the police Caution Statement of the Appellant, even though the Appellant raised issues with regards to the said statement. My Lords, based on the grounds of appeal filed and the submission of the Appellant, we are asked to consider whether the Prosecution proved the guilt of the Appellant beyond reasonable doubt and whether the trial judge materially misapprehended the evidence relating to the Appellant.
[2] Specifically, the Appellant together with four other accused persons were charged with the offences of Conspiracy to Commit Robbery cont…