{"id":1307,"date":"2009-02-10T09:17:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T09:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=case-studies&p=1307"},"modified":"2023-10-31T20:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:24:28","slug":"double-jeopardy-zolotukhin-v-russia","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/key-ehrac-cases\/double-jeopardy-zolotukhin-v-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Zolotukhin v Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Case No. 14939\/03<\/strong>
\nJudgment date: 10 February 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

On 4 January 2002, the applicant\u00a0was taken to Voronezh-45 police station\u00a0in order to establish how he had\u00a0managed to take his girlfriend into a\u00a0restricted military compound (Voronezh\u00a0is a large city in southwest Russia).\u00a0At the police station he was verbally\u00a0abusive towards the personnel and was\u00a0taken to the office of Major K. who\u00a0drafted a report on this administrative\u00a0offence. The applicant was then\u00a0brought before a judge who sentenced\u00a0him to three days\u2019 detention for committing\u00a0minor disorderly acts under\u00a0Art. 158 of the Code of Administrative\u00a0Offences then in force.\u00a0On 23 January 2002, criminal proceedings\u00a0were brought against the applicant\u00a0on suspicion of his having committed,\u00a0on 4 January 2002, a number\u00a0of crimes at the police station, including\u00a0\u2018disorderly acts\u2019 \u2013 a crime under\u00a0Art. 213 \u00a7 2(b) of the Criminal Code.\u00a0He was acquitted of this charge by a\u00a0judgment of the Gribanovskiy District\u00a0Court of 2 December 2002, which\u00a0found that the prosecution failed to\u00a0substantiate its case, but he was convicted\u00a0on other counts. The judgment\u00a0became final on appeal.<\/p>\n

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