<a href="findrulings.php?searchval=ACQUAYE&judgementtype=Presiding Judge"  class=judge>ACQUAYE, JA</a>: The appellant 1st Accused was convicted with three other persons on charges of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery and sentenced to 65 years I.H.L. He has appealed against the conviction and sentence on five main grounds being.
1.	The trial was devoid of fairness in that the trial judge was biased and imported 
evidence not on record in a summary trial which should have been by jury.
2.	The trial court erred by shifting the burden of proof to the appellant.
3.	The trial judge was wrong to have held that the appellant was a participis 
criminis when no one testified that he was seen at the scene of the crime.
4.	The conviction was not supported by the evidence adduced at the trial and 
5.	The sentence was harsh and excessive.
