Case: IT-96-21-A-bis

IN THE APPEALS CHAMBER

Before: Judge David Hunt, Pre-Appeal Judge

Registrar: Mr Hans Holthuis

Order of: 14 December 2001

PROSECUTOR

v

Zdravko MUCIC (aka "PAVO"), Hazim DELIC
and Esad LANDZO (aka "ZENGA")

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ORDER ON MOTION BY ESAD LANDZO  FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE HIS APPELLANT BRIEF

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Counsel for the Office of the Prosecutor:

Mr. Norman Farrell

Counsel for the Defence:

Mr Tomislav Kuzmanovic and Mr Howard Morrison for Zdravko Mucic
Mr Salih Karabdic and Mr Tom Moran for Hazim Delic
Ms Cynthia Sinatra and Mr Peter Murphy for Esad Landzo

 

THE APPEALS CHAMBER of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("International Tribunal");

NOTING the Judgement issued by the Trial Chamber on 16 November 1998, which sentenced Esad Landzo to imprisonment for 15 years;

NOTING the Judgement issued by the Appeals Chamber on 20 February 2001, which remanded the case to a Trial Chamber for re-sentencing;

NOTING the Judgement of 9 October 2001 issued by Trial Chamber III, which did not modify the sentence against Landzo;

NOTING "Esad Landzo’s Notice of Appeal", filed on 15 October 2001.

NOTING "Esad Landzo’s Amended Motion for Extension of Time to File his Appellate Brief Following Remand for Re-Sentencing", filed on 5 December 2001.

NOTING Rule 111 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, which provides that the Appellant’s brief of argument setting out the grounds of appeal and authorities shall be filed ninety days of the notice of appeal;

CONSIDERING that, pursuant to Rule 111 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Landzo’s Appellant brief should be filed no latter than 14 January 2002;

CONSIDERING that, counsel for the Appellant has been seriously ill and briefly hospitalised;

CONSIDERING that the length of the extension of time is only one day;

CONSIDERING that the grant of the extension of time sought by the Appellant will not delay the proceedings;

CONSIDERING that the Prosecution did not object to the request for extension of time;

PURSUANT TO Rule 127 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence,

HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

  1. The time limit for the filing of Esad Landzo’s Appellant’s brief shall be varied from 14 January 2002 to 15 January 2002.

 

Done in English and French, the English version being authoritative.

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David Hunt
Pre-Appeal Judge

Done this 14th day of December 2001,
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.

[Seal of the Tribunal]