The Appellee, Moses Managbolor, was indicted during the August Term, A.D. 2011 of the 16th Judicial Circuit, Gbarpolu County for the Crime of Statutory Rape. Prior to the indictment, on the 8th day of August, A.D. 2011, the said circuit court ordered the arrest and detention of the appellee based on a complaint filed by the Women and Children Protection Section of the Liberia National Police.
We are called upon to determine two pivotal issues in this case, they are:
1. Whether or not the petitioner in this case has the legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of Sections 22.1 and 22.2 of the Aliens and Nationality Law of Liberia.
2. Whether or not Section 22.2 of the Aliens and Nationality Law violate any provision of the1986 Constitution and, as such, was repealed by Article 95(a) of the 1986 Constitution.
We further hold that as at the time of the filing of the writ of prohibition, the House of Representatives had done nothing in violation of the due process right of the petitioner to warrant the granting of the writ of prohibition.
The records reveal that on November 8, 2013, Theophilus T. Bettie died without leaving a last will and testament, necessitating his widow, Enid Darby Bettie, the appellee herein to obtain letters of administration from the Monthly and Probate Court for Montserrado County to administer his estate.
MADAM JUSTICE YUOH DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT
The appeal before this Court is an outgrowth of a final guilty judgment rendered on May 24, 2013, by the 1st Judicial Circuit Court, Criminal Assizes “C”, against the appellants herein, namely, Tunde C. Fon, Romeo Clarke, Jr., James E. Potter, Kerlie M. Miller, Krushchev Urey, Jr., and Johnson Diggs for the commission of the crimes of criminal solicitation, criminal facilitation, criminal conspiracy, misapplication of entrusted property, theft of property and economic sabotage.
MADAM JUSTICE YUOH DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT
The appeal before this Court is an outgrowth of a final guilty judgment rendered on May 24, 2013, by the 1st Judicial Circuit Court, Criminal Assizes “C”, against the appellants herein, namely, Tunde C. Fon, Romeo Clarke, Jr., James E. Potter, Kerlie M. Miller, Krushchev Urey, Jr., and Johnson Diggs for the commission of the crimes of criminal solicitation, criminal facilitation, criminal conspiracy, misapplication of entrusted property, theft of property and economic sabotage.
MADAM JUSTICE WOLOKOLIE DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT
When a motion is filed to dismiss an appeal for violation of the appeal statute, this Court has consistently expressed its strong preference for deciding the appeal on its merit, hesitant to dismiss the appeal.
On December 20, 2014, Co-appellee National Elections Commission (NEC), conducted Special Senatorial Elections within the fifteen (15) political subdivisions of the Republic of Liberia in which the appellant, Dr. Henrique Flomo Tokpa, an independent candidate,
On October 10, 2007, Counsellor Wiefueh Sayeh, the movant/appellee herein, was offered a letter of employment by the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), the respondent/appellant herein, to serve as its Legal Counsel.
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