IN THE TRIAL CHAMBER
Before:
Judge Richard May, Presiding
Judge Antonio Cassese
Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba
Registrar:
Mrs. Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh
Decision of:
30 June 1998
PROSECUTOR
v.
MILAN KOVACEVIC
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DECISION REFUSING DEFENCE MOTION
TO CLARIFY AND RECONSIDER
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The Office of the Prosecutor:
Ms. Brenda Hollis
Ms. Ann Sutherland
Mr. Michael Keegan
Counsel for the Accused:
Mr. Dusan Vucicevic
Mr. Anthony DAmato
THE TRIAL CHAMBER,
NOTING the Defence Motion entitled "Defense Motion To Clarify And Reconsider The Presiding Judges Request To The President Of The Tribunal To Appoint A Confirming Judge" filed on 25 June 1998 ("the Motion"),
CONSIDERING THAT motions for clarification and reconsideration do not form part of the procedures of the International Tribunal and are not provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Tribunal ("the Rules"),
CONSIDERING FURTHER THAT, the review procedure having been duly completed and confirmation of the amended indictment having taken place, there are no further orders for the Trial Chamber to make,
CONSIDERING ALSO THAT the Trial Chamber will, after the further appearance of the accused, consider any motion alleging defects in the form of the indictment,
PURSUANT TO RULE 54 of the Rules
HEREBY REJECTS THE MOTION.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.
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Richard May
Presiding Judge
Dated this thirtieth day of June 1998
At The Hague
The Netherlands
[Seal of the Tribunal]