DRAGOJEVIĆ v. CROATIA JUDGMENT
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“This panel considers that the pre-trial detention under Article 102 § 1 (4) of the
Code of Criminal Procedure in respect of the accused Dragojević and V. should be
extended because the type and quantity of drugs which are the subject of the
indictment, and the manner of commission [of the offence], indicate particularly grave
circumstances of the offence for which the pre-trial detention should be extended”
25. On 13 March 2009 the applicant’s defence lawyer asked the
Dubrovnik County Court for access to and a copy of the audio recordings
obtained by the use of secret surveillance measures.
26. The request for access to the recordings was granted on 16 March
2009.
27. On 16 March 2009 the applicant challenged the decision on his pretrial detention before the Supreme Court (Vrhovni sud Republike Hrvatske).
28. On 18 March 2009 the applicant also lodged an objection against the
indictment, arguing, inter alia, that the results of the secret surveillance
measures did not suggest that he had been involved in the offence.
29. On 30 March 2009 the Supreme Court allowed the applicant’s
appeal against the detention order of 11 March 2009 (see paragraphs 24 and
27 above) on the grounds that the first-instance court had failed to state any
reasons why the applicant’s detention should be extended under Article 102
§ 1 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (risk of reoffending). Without
releasing the applicant, it therefore ordered that the matter be re-examined.
30. The Dubrovnik County Court complied with that order and on
6 April 2009 a three-judge panel of that court, presided over by Judge Z.Č.,
extended the applicant’s pre-trial detention under Article 102 § 1 (3) and (4)
of the Code of Criminal Procedure (risk of reoffending and gravity of
charges). The relevant part of the decision reads:
“The fact that the defendant Ante Dragojević is a reoffender, who has been
sentenced by a final judgment of the Split Municipal Court no. KML-160/02 of
10 July 2003, a final judgment of the Korčula Municipal Court no. K-33/05 of 25 May
2006, and a final judgment of the Korčula Municipal Court no. K-68/07 of
10 December 2007, suggests that his previous behaviour has not been in compliance
with the law and that there is therefore a risk that, if at large, he might reoffend.
Accordingly, this court considers that his detention should be extended under
Article 102 § 1 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Furthermore, this panel considers that the detention of Ante Dragojević should be
extended under Article 102 § 1 (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure since the type
and quantity of the drug which is the subject matter of the charges and the manner of
execution [of the offence] suggest that the circumstances of the offence were
particularly serious and thus warrant his further detention.
To be specific, cocaine is a hard drug and forty kilos of it is not an insignificant
amount. Such a quantity could be distributed in a number of single doses and thus
endanger the health of a number of people, particularly young people. Having regard
also to the international character of the offence, and the recorded EUR 80,000 from
the proceeds of the crime which surpasses the usual circumstances associated with
such offences, and the criminal resolve and engagement necessary to commit the
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