OF MARCH 24, 2020
REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE
COURT OF APPEAL…
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
SECTION OF DIVO
N° 191/2020 of the Judgment
N°859/2019 of Prosecutor’s Office
------------------Office of the Public Prosecution
Versus
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OFFENSE:
Battery and willful assaults
At the public hearing of the court section of Divo held at the
courthouse of the said city on Tuesday March 24, 2020 for
correctional cases by: Lady……………. President;
In the presence of Lady… Substitute of the public prosecutor;
with the assistance of Attorney ……… sworn registrar.
The following judgment was rendered;
Between
The Public Prosecutor's Office following a direct summons act
dated 17/12/2019 from the public prosecutor's office;
On one hand
And the named …………… .., born on 07/07/1958 in DIVO, of
lates …………… .. and ………… hydraulic engineer, domiciled in
DIVO military district, divorced with 6 children, not listed
military, claiming to have never been convicted, of Ivorian
nationality ………
DECISION:
Accused of assault and battery
Facts provided for and punished by articles 381-3 ° and 387
Trial
of the penal code;
Guilty
On the other hand
On appeal at the hearing on Tuesday, January 14, 2020, the
MAIN PENALTIES:
President, after having ascertained the identity of the accused
regularly called at the bar, gave notice of the act which seized
06 months of imprisonment
the court;
300 000 F/A
The case was postponed several times in order to wait for
witness appearances and for other various reasons, held and
ADDITIONAL PENALTIES AND SECURITY tried and then reserved to be judged on March 24, 2020.
MEASURES
DAMAGES
1 000 000 francs to pay to
………..
The defendant was questioned and then the witnesses were
heard including ………… who declared at the bar to be a civil
party and concluded that the court should order the
defendant to pay her the sum of 3,000, 000 Francs as
damages;
The registrar took note of the statements of the witnesses, of
the civil party and of the accused’s answers.
The public prosecutor summed up the case and demanded the
application of the law against the accused;
The accused presented his defense;
Therefore, the court, after having deliberated in accordance
with the law, ruled in these terms:
Considering the documents of the proceedings initiated
against the above-mentioned of the above facts;
Considering the statements of witnesses;
Considering the answers of the accused;
Considering prayers of the civil party;
Considering the submissions of the public prosecutor;
Considering the defense of the accused;