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Court dismisses appeal allowing self-representation without counsel under Danish Criminal Procedure Act Article 731.

Case Number SS-1305/2011-OLR
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Jurisdiction Denmark (DK)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Eastern High Court upheld the City Court's decision to reject the defendants' request to appear without a lawyer during the main trial. The defendants argued that forcing them to have counsel violated their right to a fair trial under the European Convention on Human Rights. The court ruled that the specific provision in the Criminal Procedure Act permitting self-representation in this context does not conflict with Article 6, Section 3, Letter c of the Convention.

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Criminal Procedure Act § 731, stk. 1, litra d; European Convention on Human Rights Art. 6, stk. 3, litra c: The statutory provision allowing self-representation without a lawyer does not violate the right to legal assistance.

Keywords

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self-representation criminal procedure legal counsel fair trial rights European Convention appeal decision procedural law

Cited Legislation

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Criminal Procedure Act § 731, stk. 1, litra d
European Convention on Human Rights Article 6, Section 3, Letter c
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Landsretten stadfæstede byrettens kendelse i sag om de tiltaltes anmodning om at måtte give møde uden forsvarer under hovedforhandling

[DOKUMENT] Retsbog med kendelse (1 sider) UDSKRIFT AF ØSTRE LANDSRETS DOMBOG ____________ KENDELSE

Afsagt den 3. maj 2011 af Østre Landsrets 2. afdeling (landsdommerne Hedegaard Madsen, Anne Thalbitzer og Anna Lindgren (kst.)).

2. afd. kære nr. S-1305-11: Anklagemyndigheden mod 1) Tiltalte 1 (cpr.nr. Født 1939) (advokat Thorkild Høyer, besk.) 2) Tiltalte 2 (Forening) (advokat Thorkild Høyer, besk.)

Tiltalte 1 og Tiltalte 2 (Forening) har kæret Københavns Byrets kendelse af 18. april 2011 (SS 3-3380/2011), hvorefter de tiltaltes anmodning om at møde som selv-mødere ikke blev imødekommet.

Advokat Thorkild Høyer har indgivet kæreskrift.

Af de grunde, der er anført af byretten, og idet landsretten kan tiltræde, at bestemmelsen i retsplejelovens § 731, stk. 1, litra d, ikke er i strid med Den Europæiske Menneskerettighedskonventions artikel 6, stk. 3, litra c.

Thibestemmes:

Byrettens kendelse stadfæstes.

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