Grillo jr trial, defense 'the first degree sentence must be redone'
The defendants' lawyers present a document on the eve of the appeal trial in Sassari
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The lawyers of Ciro Grillo and his three friends requested the nullity of the first degree sentence due to the lack of the signature of a drafter, on the eve of the appeal trial in Sassari.
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Why It Matters
Ciro Grillo and three Genoese friends were convicted in the first instance by the Tempio Pausania Court of gang rape.
"Nullity of the first degree sentence due to lack of signature by the drafter". This is the request made - as reported by Il Secolo XIX and Repubblica - by the lawyers of Ciro Grillo and his three Genoese friends, all accused of gang rape (and convicted in the first instance by the Tempio Pausania Court).
On the eve of the start of the appeal process in Sassari, the lawyers filed a document in which it is highlighted that the first instance sentence "bears the signature exclusively of the president (Marco Contu) and only one of the two judges indicated as drafters". According to the lawyers "the failure to sign a drafter determines a vulnerability which cannot be degraded to a mere irregularity but which determines the nullity of the sentence which must be returned to the Court of Tempio Pausania for the renewal of the null document". The defenders therefore ask that the sentence be rewritten. As a result, the start of the appeal process could be postponed.
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Postponement of the start of the appeal process
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Open Questions
- How will the Court of Appeal decide on the request for nullity?
- Will the start of the Appeals process be postponed?
