PROSECUTOR v SAM HINGA NORMAN & ORS - ORDER FOR THE FILLING OF A CONSOLIDATED REPLY (SCSL-04-14-PT ) [2004] SCSL 101 (13 May 2004);


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THE TRIAL CHAMBER


Before:
Judge Bankole Thompson, Presiding Judge
Judge Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
Judge Pierre Boutet
Registrar:
Robin Vincent
Date:
17 May 2004
PROSECUTOR
Against
Alex Tamba Brima
Brima Bazzy Kamara
Santigie Borbor Kanu
(Case No.SCSL-04-16-PT)

ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING


Office of the Prosecutor:
Defence Counsel for Alex Tamba Brima:
Luc Côté
Robert Petit
Terence Terry

Defence Counsel for Brima Bazzy Kamara:


Ken Fleming QC


Defence Counsel for Santigie Borbor Kanu:
Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops

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

NOTING the Decision on the Prosecution Motion for Concurrent Hearing of Evidence Common to Cases SCSL-2004-15-PT and SCSL-2004-16-PT of 11 May 2004;

BEING SEIZED of the Prosecution’s Application for Leave to File an Interlocutory Appeal against the Decision on the “Prosecution’s Motion for Concurrent Hearing of Evidence Common to Cases SCSL-2004-15-PT and SCSL-2004-16-PT” filed on 14 May 2004 (“Motion”) pursuant to Rule 73(B) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court (“Rules”);

CONSIDERING the need for the Motion to be dealt with expeditiously;

CONSIDERING that a fair and expeditious consideration of the Motion necessitates the imposition of an expedited timetable for the filing of any remaining written submissions;

COGNISANT of Rule 73(B) of the Rules;

PURSUANT to Rule 7(C) of the Rules;

HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

  1. Any Defence response to the Motion shall be filed by Thursday, 20 May 2004;
  2. Any Consolidated Prosecution Reply shall be filed no later than Monday, 24 May 2004
Done at Freetown this 17th day of May 2004

The Trial Chamber

Judge Bankole Thompson

Presiding Judge,
Trial Chamber


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