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Humanitarian Law Centerwith Article 48 of the FRY Criminal Code the Court determined a joint sentencefor these two criminal acts, which is 20 (twenty) years of imprisonmentand it includes the time the defendant spent in the pre-trial detentionfrom 21 May 1999 until 16 June 1999 and again from 15 November 2001until the verdict becomes final. The security measure of confiscating the objectof the criminal act was imposed and a 9 mm M-75 “Zbrojovka” pistol,serial number D-4754 with a clip and six bullets was confiscated from thedefendant. The injured parties were advised by the same verdict to initiatea civil lawsuit and claim damages and defendant Cvjetan was exemptedfrom paying the costs of the criminal proceedings.The following persons lodged appeals against the aforementioned verdict:- defendant Saša Cvjetan, because of grave breaches of the criminalproceedings provisions pursuant to Article 368 Para 1 Items 10 and11 and Article 368 Para 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code and thefalsely and incompletely determined factual background; he proposedthat the verdict be dismissed, as well as his detention;- defendant Saša Cvjetan’s defence counsellor, attorney Ilija Radulović,because of grave breaches of the criminal proceedings provisions,criminal code provisions, and falsely and incompletely determinedfactual background with the proposal that the first instance verdictbe dismissed;- defendant Saša Cvjetan’s defence counsellor, attorney, ore Kalanj;- defendant Saša Cvjetan’s defence counsellor, attorney ore Mamula,lodged an appeal against this verdict because of grave breachesof the criminal procedure code provisions, violations of the criminalcode, and falsely and incompletely determined factual background;he proposed that the disputable verdict be dismissed and case returnedfor retrial;- defendant Saša Cvjetan’s defence counsellor, attorney Goran Rodić,lodged an appeal against this verdict because of grave breaches of210