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THE ACCUSED SLOBODAN STOJANOVIĆ CONCLUDED A PLEA AGREEMENT
27.02.2013. 15:32Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crimes and Corruption within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH entered into plea agreement Slobodan STOJANOVIĆ – born on May 10, 1962 in Visoko, permanently residing in Zvornik, employee of the BiH Border Police, BiH citizen. Prosecutor proposed that the accused Slobodan STOJANOVIĆ be rendered an imprisonment sentence in duration of one (2) years by the Court of BiH that shall not be executed providing that he does not commit another criminal offence within a five (5) year period, as well as that items used /intended for use or obtained in the commission of the criminal offence be forfeited from him.
By virtue of signing the agreement the accused fully admitted committing the criminal offense he was charged with by the indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH issued on December 9, 2011. He is charged with having joined an organized criminal group, which committed vehicle thefts and then resold the vehicles with forged documents with the intent of obtaining unlawful benefits.
Members of this organized group made forged public documents, altered public documents and hid evidence in the intent to prevent or hinder evidence gathering in criminal procedure.
The proposed sentence is in line with the role of the accused persons in commission of the criminal offense.
By virtue of signing this agreement the accused persons agreed to testify before the Court of BiH in the proceedings against the other accused persons upon acceptance of the plea agreement.
With this agreement the accused person confirms that he is aware of the content of the indictment issued by the BiH Prosecutor's Office on December 9, 2011. He also confirms that the plea statement was given voluntarily, knowingly, with full understanding, without any coercion or persuasion and undertakes to reimburse the costs of the criminal proceedings in the amount that may eventually be determined by the Court of BiH.
Pursuant to this agreement the accused person has waived his right to a trial and appeal to the criminal sanction that shall be rendered to him by the Court of BiH.
The agreement was submitted to the Court of BiH.
This announcement does not prejudice the outcome of the criminal proceedings and does not violate the principle of the presumption of innocence. A person shall be considered innocent of a crime until guilt has been established by a final verdict (Article 3, paragraph 1 of the CPC BiH).
