the contention of the Applicant that the Chief Justice signed the judgment of
the Supreme Court in the case, “Kabineh M. Ja’neh versus the Intestate
Estate of J. Nyema Constance, Sr.”, which case was listed as one of the
grounds for impeaching the Applicant. It would be tantamount to a conflict in
that case for the same Chief Justice Korkpor to preside over Applicant’s
impeachment trial, especially having been involved in several facets of the
impeachment proceedings, but the motion was dismissed.
23.After the close of case of the prosecution at the Senate, and believing that the
House rested evidence without establishing a prima facie case to warrant his
impeachment, he filed a motion before the Liberian Senate (the trial tribunal
presided over by the Chief Justice) seeking the entry of judgment of acquittal
as a matter of law. Again Mr. Chief Justice Korkpor denied and dismissed the
said motion.
24.The Applicant’s motion for acquittal having been dismissed, he subsequently,
opened his case by calling two (2) witnesses, i.e., the Applicant himself and
an Expert Witness, a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Liberia, a constitutional scholar who, himself, was involved in the drafting of
the current 1986 Liberian Constitution, His Honor Philip A.Z. Banks, III.
25.After final arguments were on Thursday 28th March, 2019 submitted, and
contrary to the law and the established practice in jury trials, Chief Justice
Korkpor again declined and refused to charge members of the Liberian Senate,
who were sitting as jurors and as triers of the facts, on the evidence produced
and the applicable constitutional provisions and statutory laws, and further
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