PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS - SCHEDULING ORDER ON JUDICIAL NOTICE MOTION (SCSL-04-16-T) [2005] SCSL 89 (27 May 2005);

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TRIAL CHAMBER II


Before:
Justice Teresa Doherty, Presiding Judge
Justice Richard Lussick
Justice Julia Sebutinde
Registrar:
Robin Vincent
Date:
27 May 2005
PROSECUTOR
Against
Alex Tamba Brima
Brima Bazzy Kamara
Santigie Borbor Kanu
(Case No.SCSL-04-16-T)

SCHEDULING ORDER ON JUDICIAL NOTICE MOTION


Office of the Prosecutor:
  
Defence Counsel for Alex Tamba Brima:
Luc Côté
Lesley Taylor
  
Glenna Thompson
Kojo Graham
   
Defence Counsel for Brima Bazzy Kamara:
Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah
   
Defence Counsel for Santigie Borbor Kanu:
Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops
Carry Knoops
Abibola E. Manly-Spain

TRIAL CHAMBER II (“Trial Chamber”) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (“Special Court”), composed of Justice Teresa Doherty, presiding, Justice Richard Lussick and Justice Julia Sebutinde;

SEISED of the Prosecution’s Motion for Judicial Notice and Admission of Evidence (“the Motion”), filed on 2 April 2004;

NOTING the recent decision of the Appeals Chamber “Decision on the Appeal Against Decision on the Prosecution’s Motion for Judicial Notice and Admission of Evidence” dated 16 May 2005 in the proceedings against Moinina Fofana in Case No SCSL-04-14 before the Special Court;

NOTING that the submissions of the Prosecution predate the Appeals Chamber ruling and that they may reconsider their submissions in light of this recent decision;

NOTING FURTHER that all Defence for the Accused have not responded to the Motion;

CONSIDERING that it would assist the Trial Chamber to have further submissions in light of the recent Appeals Chamber decision on the interpretation and application of Rule 94;

HEREBY ORDERS that:

  1. The Prosecution files a consequential submission by 4:00 p.m. on 6 June 2005;
  2. The Defence file a Response thereto by 4:00 p.m. on 10 June 2005;
  3. The Prosecution file a Reply – if any – by 4:00 p.m. by 13 June 2005.

Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 27th day of May 2005.

     
Judge Richard Lussick
Judge Teresa Doherty
Presiding Judge
Judge Julia Sebutinde

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