OUAGADOUGOU
COURT OF APPEAL
--------------THE OUAHIGOUYA
BURKINA FASO
Unity-Progress- Justice
HEARING OF 17 JUNE 2020 ON FLAGRANTE DELICTO
HIGH COURT
The Ouahigouya High Court (Burkina Faso), ruling in misdemeanour
matters, sitting in its open ordinary court session of Seventeen June two
--------------thousand and twenty (17/06/2020), in the Court of the said town, in
which were present: Mr K. Raymond SANOGO, Judge at the Bench of
Judgement No.
the said Court;
President:
69/2020
Assisted by YERBANGA D. Maurice and BELEM Ousmane
of 17/06/2020
Judicial assessors
Suit No. 071/2020
In the presence of Mr Tergou Pie SOME, Deputy State Counsel of
Faso at the said Court;
Legal Department
Legal Department
With the assistance of Barrister Lassina Wouangrawa,
Vs
Registrar-in-Chief at the said Court;
O.S.M
Registrar
And by Mr DIALLO Drissa;
Type of offence Death
Sworn Interpreter;
threats
Delivered the following ruling in a suit:
BETWEEN
The
State
Counsel
of
Faso,
petitioner
in a flagrante delicto proceeding;
Victim:
One the one hand,
T.F
AND
Mr O.S.M, born on 25 October 1982 in Koudougou, of
OUEDRAOGO Bréhima and of TRAORE Limata, Teacher of
Witnesses
Burkinabè nationality domiciled in sector 4 of Ouahigouya city,
OUEDRAOGO Alizèta
married and father of two(2) children, and who declares to have
never been convicted, given an award or recruited;
TRAORE
Seydou “You are accused to have, on 1 June 2020, in Ouahigouya, less than
OUEDRAOGO Ramata three (3) years ago, made death threats by anonymous or signed writing,
by image, symbol, or any other form of communication relating to
OUEDRAOGO
death, in this case, making death threats to with a machete which you
W.N. Fadima
ostentatiously brandished”;
Acts provided for and punishable by Article 521-4 of the Penal
code;
Decision
On the other;
(see verdict)
Entered on the cause list of 17 June 2020, the case was examined and
deliberations relating thereto were heard during that session;
Panel:
President: K.
Questioned at hearing, in accordance with Article 321- 18 of the
Criminal Procedure Code, the accused expressed the desire to be tried
immediately;
SANOGO
When the case was called, the State Counsel affirmed that he
Legal
Department:
summoned the above-mentioned accused to Court to defend himself
Raymond
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