PROSECUTOR v ISSA HASSAN SESAY & ORS - ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING ( SCSL-04-15-T ) [2008] SCSL 41 (20 May 2008);
SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE
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TRIAL CHAMBER I
Before:
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Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe, Presiding Judge
Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet |
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Registrar:
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Herman von Hebel
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Date:
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20th of May 2008
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PROSECUTOR
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Against
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ISSA HASSAN SESAY
MORRIS KALLON AUGUSTINE GBAO (Case No. SCSL-04-15-T) |
Public Document
ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING
Office of the Prosecutor:
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Defence Counsel for Issa Hassan
Sesay:
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Peter Harrison
Reginald Flynn Charles Hardaway |
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Wayne Jordash
Sareta Ashraph |
Vincent Wagona
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Defence Counsel for Morris
Kallon:
Charles Taku Kennedy Ogeto Tanoo Mylvaganam |
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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 Benjamin Mutanga Itoe, Presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson and Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet;
HAVING RECEIVED the Urgent Application for Extension of Time to File Expert Report, filed publicly, by both the Defence for the Third Accused, Augustine Gbao, and the First Accused, Issa Hassan Sesay (“Defence”) on the 20th of May 2008 (“Motion”);
MINDFUL of the Chamber’s Decision on the 19th of May 2008 (“Decision”) in which the Chamber ordered that the Defence shall disclose to the Prosecution and the other Parties its expert report not later than 4.00pm Tuesday the 20th of May 2008;
CONSIDERING that Article 17(4)(c) of the Statute of the Special Court provides that the Accused shall be entitled “to be tried without undue delay”;
CONSIDERING that the fair and expeditious consideration of the Motion 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:
- Any Response to the Motion by the Prosecution shall be filed no later than Wednesday, the 21st of May 2008 at 4:00 p.m.; and
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Reply by the Defence shall be filed no later than Thursday, the
22nd of May 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
Done at Freetown, Sierra Leone, this 20th day of
May 2008
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Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet
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Hon. Justice Benjamin Mutanga Itoe
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Hon. Justice Bankole Thompson
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Presiding Judge
Trial Chamber I |
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[Seal of the Special Court]
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