KWAKU FRIMPONG @ IBOMAN v. THE REPUBLIC

G. Pwamang, J.S.C., sitting as a single Justice of the Supreme Court, considered an application filed pro se by a convicted robber that was styled as a request “to appeal for review,” and treated it as an application to extend time to seek review of a unanimous Supreme Court decision dated 18 January 2012. The applicant had been convicted by the Accra High Court in 2006, his appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal in 2008, and the Supreme Court later reduced his sentence to 40 years effective from his 2002 arrest. Filed in August 2015, the motion came 3 years and 8 months after the decision; the Attorney‑General filed no response. Applying Rule 55 and Rule 60 of C.I. 16 and precedents including Botchway v. Appiah and Agyekum v. Asakum Engineering, the court held that the delay was not timeous, no sound or credible reasons were provided, and the review jurisdiction cannot serve as a further appeal. The application was refused.