TETTEH SAMADZI
V.
THE REPUBLIC
PWAMANG, JSC:-
The conviction complained about in this appeal was in respect of two robberies at Pokuase and Ayawaso, a suburb of Pokuase, at dawn of 6th March, 2009. After a lengthy trial in which the prosecution called five witnesses and all four accused persons testified and appellant herein called five witnesses, the trial High Court, Accra on 5th December, 2013 wrote a one and half-paged judgment convicting the appellant, A2 and A4 and sentencing them to 15 years with Hard Labour. A3 was acquitted and discharged for lack of evidence. The ground for the convictions was that the accused persons were identified by the victims of the robberies and that the identifications could not be controverted. In his brief judgment the trial judge did not review the evidence led at the trial but only narrated the facts as presented by the prosecution when the accused persons were arraigned before him. Upon an appeal the Court of Appeal in its judgment dated 18th June, 2015 stated, and rightly so …