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PROSECUTOR v ISSA HASSAN SESAY & ORS - ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING - Case No. SCSL-04-15-T [2006] SCSL 129 (8 November 2006)

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TRIAL CHAMBER I

Public Document

ORDER FOR EXPEDITED FILING

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

MINDFUL of the “Oral Decision on Defence Motions for Judgement of Acquittal Pursuant to Rule 98”, delivered on the 25th of October, 2006;

HAVING RECEIVED the “Sesay Defence Request for Clarification on Rule 98 Decision”, filed by Counsel for the First Accused, Issa Hassan Sesay, (“Defence”) on the 7th of November, 2006 (“Motion”);

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 any remaining written submissions;[1]

PURSUANT TO Rule 7(C), 26bis, 54, 73 and of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Special Court;

HEREBY ORDERS as follows:

1. Any Response to the Motion by the Office of the Prosecutor shall be filed no later than Monday, the 13th of November, 2006, at 04:00pm;
2. Any Reply by the Defence shall be filed no later than Thursday, the 16th of November, 2006, at 04:00pm;

[1] See also Prosecutor v. Norman, Fofana and Kondewa, Case No. SCSL-04-14-T, Order for Expedited Filing, 26 October 2006.