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Ca I 1874/05IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEThe Serbian Supreme Court based in Belgrade, in the Trial Panel comprisedof Judges Dragomir Milojević as Presiding Judge, Predrag Gligorijević, MiroslavCvetković, Dragan Jocić, and Zoran Tatalović as jurors, and CounsellorDragana Jevrić as the Court Reporter, in the criminal proceedings initiatedagainst defendant Cvjetan Saša because of the criminal act of warcrime against civilian population pursuant to Article 142 Para 1 of the FRYCriminal Code, ruling on appeals lodged by defendant Cvjetan Saša and hisCounsellors ore Mamula, ore Kalanj, Ilija Radulović, and Goran Rodićagainst the Belgrade District Court verdict K. 1823/04 handed down on 17June 2005, after the Trial Panel session held pursuant to Article 375 of theCriminal Code Procedure in the presence of the defendant and his Counsellors,on 22 December 2005, handed down the followingVERDICTThe appeals lodged by defendant Cvjetan Saša and his Counsellors areOVERRULED as unfounded and the Belgrade District Court’s verdict K.1823/04 handed down on 17 June 2005 is UPHELD.Statement of ReasonsIn the appealed verdict defendant Saša Cvjetan was found guilty of thecommission of war crime against civilian population pursuant to Article142 Para 1 of the FRY Criminal Code and convicted him to 20 years in jail.The time he spent in the pre-trial detention from 21 May 1999 until 16 June1999, as well as from 15 December 2001 until the verdict enters into effect,was calculated in this sentence. The defendant is exempted from payingthe criminal trial expenses and the injured parties were informed of theirright to claim damages in the civil suit.Pursuant to Article 354 Para 1 of the Criminal Procedure Code the sameverdict dismissed the act of illegal weapons’ possession pursuant to Article338