ASAMOAH v. THE REPUBLIC Criminal law and procedure—Plea—Explanation—Failure to record—Accused pleading guilty with explanation to charge of defrauding by false pretences—Trial court recording plea but failing to record explanation—Accused convicted and sentenced—Section 171 (2) of Act 30 imposing statutory duty on trial court to record plea as nearly as possible in the words used—Whether trial null and void—Whether conviction creating substantial miscarriage of justice—Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30), s. 171 (2) —Courts Act, 1971 (Act 372), s. 26 (12).