PROSECUTOR v ALEX TAMBA BRIMA & ORS - CORRIGENDUM TO THE SEPARATE AND CONCURRING OPINION OF JUSTICE JULIA SEBUTINDE ON DEFENCE MOTION FOR JUDGEMENT OF ACQUITTAL PERSUANT TO RULE 98 (SCSL-04-16-T ) [2006] SCSL 40 (03 April 2006);
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TRIAL CHAMBER II
Before:
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Justice Richard Lussick, Presiding Judge
Justice Teresa Doherty Justice Julia Sebutinde |
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Registrar:
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Lovemore G. Munlo, SC
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Date:
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3 April 2006
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PROSECUTOR
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Against
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Alex Tamba Brima
Brima Bazzy Kamara Santigie Borbor Kanu (Case No.SCSL-04-16-T) |
CORRIGENDUM TO THE SEPARATE AND CONCURRING
OPINION
OF JUSTICE JULIA SEBUTINDE ON DEFENCE MOTION
FOR
JUDGEMENT OF ACQUITTAL PERSUANT TO RULE 98
Office of the Prosecutor:
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Defence Counsel for Alex Tamba
Brima:
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Jim Johnson
Karim Khan Agha James Hodes |
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Kojo Graham
Glenna Thompson |
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Defence Counsel for Brima Bazzy
Kamara:
Andrew Daniels Mohamed Pa-Momo Fofanah |
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Defence Counsel for Santigie Borbor
Kanu:
Geert-Jan Alexander Knoops Carry Knoops Abibola E. Manly-Spain |
I, JUSTICE JULIA SEBUTINDE, Judge of Trial Chamber II;
NOTING the “Separate and Concurring Opinion of Hon. Justice Julia Sebutinde on Defence Motion for Judgement of Acquittal Pursuant to Rule 98”, filed on 31 March 2006;
CONSIDERING THAT the third sentence of paragraph 3 should read as follows:
“However, care must be taken to ensure that the joining of crimes in an indictment is done in a manner that does not offend the rule against multiplicity, duplicity, uncertainty or vagueness, and that is not likely to embarrass or prejudice the accused person or violate his right under Article 17 (4) a. of the Statute “to be informed of the nature and cause of the charge against him”.
FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS,
PURSUANT to Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court,
ORDERS that the Separate and Concurring Opinion be amended as set out above.
Done at Freetown this 3rdday of April 2005.
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Justice Julia Sebutinde
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