Information Note on the Court’s case-law No.
September-October 1991
Fejde v. Sweden - 12631/87
Judgment 29.10.1991
Article 6
Article 6-1
Public hearing
First-instance conviction upheld by Court of Appeal without a public hearing: no violation
[This summary is extracted from the Court’s official reports (Series A or Reports of Judgments and Decisions). Its formatting and structure may therefore differ from the Case-Law Information Note summaries.]
Manner of application of Article 6 to proceedings before courts of appeal depends on special features of the domestic proceedings viewed as a whole.
Having regard to fact that public hearing held at first instance, to role of Court of Appeal, to nature of issues submitted to it – which included no questions of fact or law which could not be adequately resolved on the basis of the case-file – and to minor character of offence, special features existed to justify absence of public hearing on appeal.
Conclusion: no violation (thirteen votes to seven).
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