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THE REPUBLIC
V.
DISTRICT MAGISTRATE COURT, NKAWKAW EX-PARTE: PROSPER ADZADZI

(2025) JELR 115170 (HC)

High Court 17 Apr 2025 Ghana
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- Applicant, a cocoa farmer, was convicted and sentenced by the District Court, Nkawkaw to 18 months’ imprisonment for unlawfully causing harm (section 69 of Act 29), following a plea of guilty allegedly entered in a language (Twi) he did n

Case Details

Suit Number:EAS/NKW/HC/F15/02/2025
Judges:CYNTHIA MARTINSON (MRS)
Counsel:Boakye Tawiah Asomaning Esq. for the Applicant present.
Location:Nkawkaw

JUDGMENT

On the 7th Day of March 2025, the Applicant filed a motion on notice seeking to invoke the supervisory jurisdiction of this court for an order directed at the District Court Nkawkaw to quash the conviction and sentence of the Applicant herein as per annexure 'D' [The judgement].

I wish to quote the relevant paragraphs of the Applicant‟s Affidavit in this judgement:

4. That I am a cocoa farmer.

5. That the complainant is a biological sister of my father.

6. That the alleged victim is the biological son of the complainant.

7. That the alleged victim and myself are direct cousins.

8. That I was first arrested on or about 21st day of September 2024 and sent to the Nkawkaw Police Station on suspicion of unlawfully causing Harm.

9. That I appeared before the District Court, Nkawkaw on the 10th of October 2024 on charges of unlawfully causing Harm. Attached is the charge sheet marked as Exhibit "A".

10. That in spite of the fact that I have the right to be legally represented especially in c…

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