General News of Thursday, 22 June 2023Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame has described as incompetent, unmeritorious and unknown to the law on criminal procedure, a motion filed by veteran lawyer Tsatsu Tsikata in the James Gyakye Quayson perjury case. "Every step that ought to be taken in criminal procedure is clearly regulated by the Constitution and the statutes of Ghana. The laws on criminal procedure from the Constitution to Act 30 and the Practice Directions on the conduct of criminal cases do not permit this application. He described the approach by Tsatsu Tsikata as a grand attempt to waste the court’s time which militates against a speedy trial. The AG supported his argument by citing Sections 168 and 169 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1960 (Act 30).
