Communicated on 18 April 2016
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 48393/12
Pajtim ABAZI
against Albania
lodged on 24 July 2012
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the applicant’s conviction for murder and the allegation that he was not questioned at the trial and on appeal. He alleges that the continuation of the trial in his absence prevented him from arguing for the existence of mitigating factors in classifying the criminal facts attributed to him and imposing the criminal sentence of life imprisonment.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
Has there been a breach of Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (c) and (d) of the Convention? In particular, did the applicant have an opportunity to defend himself in person, question witnesses and assert the existence of any mitigating factors in his favour (see, for example, Cani v. Albania, no. 11006/06, 6 March 2012)? If not, why not?
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