Communicated on 25 May 2020
Published on 15 June 2020
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 38263/19
Gediminas VAIKŠNORAS
against Lithuania
lodged on 8 July 2019
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the length of the applicant’s detention.
The applicant was arrested on 24 April 2015 and placed in detention on remand. He was charged with being a member of organised criminal group, drug trafficking, attempted murder and other crimes. His detention on remand was prolonged until the applicant’s conviction at first instance by the Kaunas Regional Court on 5 June 2018. The criminal proceedings against the applicant are still pending.
The applicant complains under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention that the length of his detention on remand was excessive.
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Was the length of the applicant’s detention on remand compatible with the “reasonable time” requirement of Article 5 § 3 of the Convention (see Lisovskij v. Lithuania, no. 36249/14, §§ 65-68, 2 May 2017, and the case-law cited therein; also see, more recently, Velečka and Others v. Lithuania, nos. 56998/16 and 3 others, §§ 93-106, 26 March 2019)?
The parties are requested to inform the Court about further developments regarding the applicant’s criminal proceedings.
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