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THE ACCUSED MUSTAFA DEMIROVIĆ CONCLUDED A PLEA AGREEMENT
10.04.2013. 14:53The accused Mustafa DEMIROVIĆ - born on October 9, 1983 in Sarajevo, residing in Ilidža municipality, citizen of BiH - entered into plea agreement with the Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crimes and Corruption within the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.
By virtue of signing the agreement the accused DEMIROVIĆ 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.
Prosecutor agrees that pursuant to the agreement the accused be rendered an imprisonment sentence of one (1) year by the Court of BiH. Time spent in custody in the period from January 19, 2011 to July 7, 2011 shall be counted as time served. The Prosecutor also agreed that the accused Mustafa DEMIROVIĆ be imposed a security measure – seizure of items used or intended for us in the commission of the criminal offence as well as proceeds of crime.
The proposed sentence is in line with the role of the accused in commission of the criminal offense listed in the indictment of the Šemsudin Hodžić et al. Case.
With this agreement the accused person confirms that he is aware of the content of the indictment issued by the BiH Prosecutor's Office. He also confirms that the plea statement was given voluntarily, knowingly, with full understanding of the legal consequences thereof in accordance with Article 231 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
By virtue of signing the plea agreement the accused has pledged to testify before the Court of BiH when summoned.
Pursuant to this agreement the accused 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).