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Grounds for bail pending appeal

  1. Fynn v The Republic [1971] 2 GLR 433
  2. Daniel Abodakpi v The Republic; Criminal Motion NO. H3/17/2007 dated 1st November 2007
  3. Isa v The Republic [2001-2002]1 G L R 128, 137
  4. The Republic v Mensah [1999-2000] 1 GLR 47
  5. The Republic v The Registrar of High Court; Ex Parte Attorney-General [1982-83] GLR 407


Grounds for stay of proceedings

  1. The Republic v Stephen Kwabena Opuni & 2 Others [2020] Crim.LR 581
  2. Ali Yussif Issah v The Republic [2003-2004] SCGLR 174
  3. Brutuw v Aferiba & Another [1979] GLR 566


Mitigation of sentence

  1. Abdulai Fuseini v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 331
  2. Henry Kwaku Owusu v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 54
  3. Isaac Amaniampong @ Fiifi v The Republic [2014] GHASC 163 (Ghalii) or [2014] DLSC3336 (Dennis Law)
  4. Frimpong alias Iboman v Republic [2012] 1 SCGLR 297
  5. Kamil v The Republic [2011] 1 SCGLR 300
  6. Abu and Others v The Republic [1980] GLR 294
  7. Apaloo and Others v The Republic [1975] 1 GLR 156
  8. Kwashie v The Republic [1971] 1GLR 488 @ 493


Article 14(6) of the 1992 constitution – consideration of time spent in custody

  1. Henry Kwaku Owusu v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 54
  2. Frimpong Badu v Republic unreported, Supreme Court Criminal Appeal No J3/11/2015, 11 November 2015
  3. Frimpong alias Iboman v The Republic [2012] 1 SCGLR 297
  4. Bosso v The Republic [2009] SCGLR 420


Mistaken identity of an accused person

  1. Tetteh Samadzi v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 268
  2. Kwame Nkrumah @ Taste v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 294
  3. Abdulai Fuseini v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 331
  4. Dogbe v The Republic (1975) 1 GLR 118
  5. Adu Boahene v The Republic (1972) 1 GLR 70


Disclosures and CMC

  1. The Republic v Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie & 4 Others [2020] Crim.LR 343
  2. The Republic v High Court, Commercial Division, Accra; Ex Parte Kwabena Duffuor; Civil Motion No. J5/05/2021 dated 10th February 2021


Lost, missing or disorderly records

  1. John Bonuah @ Eric Annor Blay v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 1
  2. Kwame Nkrumah @ Taste v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 294
  3. Kofi Abban & Another v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 430
  4. Tetteh Samadzi v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 268


Submission of no case

  1. Armah v The State [1961] GLR 136
  2. The State v Ali Kassena [1962] 1 GLR 144
  3. Apaloo v The Republic [1975] 1 GLR 156
  4. Tsatsu Tsikata v The Republic [2003-2005] 2 GLR 294
  5. Michael Asamoah v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 306
  6. Aaron Kwesi Kaitoo v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 505
  7. Alexander Kofi Tweneboah v The Republic [2020] Crim.LR 468 


The persona and role of an independent witness

  1. Frimpong alias Iboman v The Republic [2012] 1 SCGLR 297 or [2012] GHASC 3
  2. Ekow Russell vrs The Republic [2020] CRIM.LR 180 or [2017-2020] 1 SCGLR 469 or [2016] GHASC 41
  3. Attah vrs The Republic [2022] GHASC 17
  4. Appor Amoakwah Frederick v The Republic (Unreported) Criminal Appeal No. H2/27/2021 dated 23rd March 2022

Concurrent sentences - counts emanating from one grand design
  1. Frimpong alias Iboman v The Republic [2012] 1 SCGLR 297
  2. Adomako v The Republic [1984-86] 2 GLR 766
  3. Commodore a.k.a Kayaa v The Republic [1976] 2 GLR 471
  4. Tetteh Asamadey a.k.a Osagyefo & Another v C.O.P [1963] 2 GLR 400


 


 


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