Information Note on the Court’s case-law No.
February 1991
Mori v. Italy - 13552/88
Judgment 19.2.1991
Article 6
Article 6-1
Reasonable time
Length of criminal proceedings: 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.]
I.ARTICLE 6 § 1 OF THE CONVENTION ("reasonable time")
A.Period to be taken into consideration
Starting-point: date on which applicant was formally notified of the criminal proceedings.
Close: Court of Cassation's judgment finding the offence time-barred.
Total: nearly six years.
B.Applicable criteria
Reasonableness of length of proceedings: to be assessed in the light of the particular circumstances of the case, which in this instance called for overall assessment.
Case not a complex one and applicant caused no delay.
Conclusion: violation (unanimously).
II.ARTICLE 50 OF THE CONVENTION
Damage: sum awarded for non-pecuniary damage.
Costs and expenses: reimbursed in part.
Conclusion: respondent State to pay specified sums to the applicant (unanimously).
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