PROSECUTOR v ISSA HASSAN SESAY & ORS - ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING ( SCSL-04-15-T ) [2008] SCSL 58 (18 July 2008);


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TRIAL CHAMBER I


Before:
Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet, Presiding Judge
Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson
Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
Registrar:
Herman von Hebel
Date:
18th of July 2008
PROSECUTOR
Against
ISSA HASSAN SESAY
MORRIS KALLON
AUGUSTINE GBAO
(Case No. SCSL-04-15-T)

Public Document


ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING


Office of the Prosecutor:
Defence Counsel for Issa Hassan Sesay:
Peter Harrison
Reginald Flynn
Charles Hardaway
Wayne Jordash
Sareta Ashraph
Vincent Wagona
Defence Counsel for Morris Kallon:
Charles Taku
Kennedy Ogeto
Tanoo Mylvaganam


Court Appointed Counsel for Augustine Gbao
John Cammegh
Scott Martin

TRIAL CHAMBER I (“Trial Chamber I”) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (“Special Court”) composed of Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet, Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson and Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe;

HAVING RECEIVED the Urgent Prosecution Motion for Relief to File a Final Brief Not Exceeding 600 Pages filed by the Office of the Prosecutor (“Prosecution”) on the 18th of July 2008 (“Application”);

NOTING the Order for Expedited Filing issued by the Chamber on the 16th of July 2008 concerning a similar application filed by the Defence for the Accused Issa Hassan Sesay;

CONSIDERING that the fair and expeditious consideration of the Application requires the imposition of an expedited timetable for the filing of a response and a reply;

PURSUANT TO Rules 7 and 54 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court;

HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

  1. Any Response to the Application by the Parties shall be filed no later than Monday, the 21st of July 2008 at 4:00 p.m.; and
  2. Any Reply by the Prosecution shall be filed no later than Tuesday, the 22nd of July 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 18th day of July 2008

Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet


Presiding Judge
Trial Chamber I


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