On 21 May 2008 the Pecherskyy District Court of Kyiv ordered the applicant’s pre-trial detention, which was subsequently extended a number of times.

From the point of view of increasing the chances that the judge, as a result of his pre-trial fact-finding activities, will start the trial with a pre-formed opinion, there is no difference at all. 3.

The full record of the trial exceeded 11,300   pages. 31.

On 28 June 2001 the trial court released the applicant on bail.

The file was subsequently sent to the Karşıyaka Assize Court (hereinafter “the trial court”) which conducted the trial.

    The trial proceedings At trial, the prosecutor changed the criminal charge against the applicant to that of premeditated murder.

On 4 May 2017 the criminal case against the applicant was forwarded to the District Court for trial.

that the Constitutional Court could have examined the lawfulness of pre-trial detention without considering the evidence in the file.

trial.

The prosecutor submitted that the original grounds for the applicant’s pre-trial detention remained still valid. 6.

within a reasonable time or to release pending trial.

In their statements at the trial, the officers recounted the applicant’s pre ‑ trial statements made to them at the crime scene and in the police station, including during a “conversation”.

    On 11 April 2007 the Kirovskiy District Court of Astrakhan ordered pre-trial detention of the applicant and he was taken to the pre-trial detention facility SIZO-1 of Astrakhan.

(a)     Adversarial nature of the proceedings – The following safeguards had been in place during the trial: (i)     at the start of the trial the indictment had been read out in full

    During the period of his pre-trial detention the applicant made numerous requests for his release pending trial, which were dismissed by the Adana Assize Court.

within a reasonable time or to release pending trial.

During the trial When a judge received a case-file and before the trial began, the judge had to decide, in particular, whether the defendant was to stay in custody or to be released pending trial (Article

(b)     Appeals against detention during the trial By Article 304 § 1 of the CCP, at the trial stage of the proceedings detainees’ requests for release were examined by the trial court.

of procedural law during the pre-trial proceedings. 2.