REPUBLIC VRS. ALHASSAN (D6/19/22) [2025] GHACC 27 (12 March 2025)
The accused person voluntarily gave his investigation caution and charge statements; there was no credible evidence of duress, inducement, or involuntariness. The statements are admissible in evidence, and any challenge to their accuracy or completeness is a matter for cross-examination, not for exclusion.
- Citation
- [2025] GHACC 27
- Parties
- Prosecution: The Republic; Accused: Mahamud Alhassan
- Court
- Circuit Court
- Jurisdiction
- Ghana
- Judgment Date
- 12 March 2025
- Case Number
- D6/19/22
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal / Ruling on Mini Trial (voire Dire) on Admissibility of Statements
- Outcome
- statements admitted in evidence
- Legal Topics
- Admissibility of Confession, Voluntariness of Statements, Mini Trial Procedure, Defrauding by False Pretences
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
The Republic
Prosecution
Mahamud Alhassan
Accused
Procedural Posture
Criminal / Ruling on Mini Trial (voire Dire) on Admissibility of Statements
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the caution and charge statements of the accused person were voluntarily given
Ratio Decidendi
The accused person voluntarily gave his investigation caution and charge statements; there was no credible evidence of duress, inducement, or involuntariness. The statements are admissible in evidence, and any challenge to their accuracy or completeness is a matter for cross-examination, not for exclusion.
Court Disposition
statements admitted in evidence
Orders
- The investigation caution and charge statements of the accused person are admitted in evidence.
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