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THE SENTENCE RENDERED TO MARIJAN PERKOVIĆ APPEALED
12.12.2013. 13:06
Prosecutor of Department III within the Prosecutor's Office of BiH filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Court of BiH against the verdict rendered in the case v. Marijan Perković - born on September 23, 1976 in Livno, residing in Sarajevo, with prior convictions, citizen of BiH.
The verdict of the Court of BiH of November 22, 2013 found Marijan Perković guilty of the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205, Paragraph 1 of the CC BiH and sentenced him to a prison term of nine (9) months.
The accused Marijan Perkovic is charged to have, on March 7, 2003 in Sarajevo, paid for goods with a counterfeit banknote of BAM 200.00 aware that the banknote was a counterfeit.
During the search, the authorized officers of Ilidža PD found and seized two counterfeit banknotes of BAM 200.00 from the accused who had them in his possession well aware that those were counterfeits.
Dissatisfied with the sentence rendered on December 11, 2013 the Prosecutor's Office of BiH filed an appeal with the Panel of the Appellate Division of the Court of BiH against the decision on the criminal sanction. The Prosecutor's Office of BiH believes that when determining the sanction the Court had considered the statutory penalty for the criminal offense of Counterfeiting of Money under Article 205, Paragraph 1 of the CC BiH, the purpose of punishment, and all the circumstances that affect the magnitude of the sentence i.e. mitigating and aggravating circumstances and in particular the degree of criminal responsibility, the motive for the offense as well as the perpetrator’s previous life and life opportunities.
The criminal offense of which the accused was found guilty carries a sentence of imprisonment of one (1) to ten (10) years.
The Assigned Prosecutor asks, in the appeal of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, that the disputed verdict be reversed by way of taking into consideration the aggravating circumstances for the accused and to give them a greater significance, hence rendering the accused a more severe sentence i.e. imprisonment for a longer duration that would be appropriate for the type and severity of the criminal offense.
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