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On October 5, 2015, the RA Criminal Court of Appeal, presided by judge G. Avetisyan, resumed examination of the appeals filed by legal representatives of the victim’s successors and attorney of the accused under the case of 2-year-and-3-month-old Lia Misakyan. Note that the previous court hearings on this case were adjourned due the absence of the parties to the trial. Upon making sure that there were no grounds for any withdrawals or self-withdrawals and announcing the content of the ruling by the first instance court general jurisdiction and that of the appeals in question, the Court resumed examination of the appeals. Appeals were presented by victim’s successor Georgi Misakyan’s legal representative Artur Sakunts and accused Zarine Ayvazyan’s attorney Yerem Sargsyan. The aggrieved party’s appeal concerned the sentence imposed on the accused._A. Sakunts mentioned that the length of the imprisonment sentence imposed by the court failed to comply with the requirements of the RA Criminal Code, since the court considered lack of any previous prior convictions, positive feedback and request of the Head of Arabkir Medical Center for a light punishment and no additional punishment as mitigating circumstances characterizing the personalities of the accused and reducing their responsibilities. Yet, according to the aggrieved party, the grounds provided by the court might not have been deemed as sufficient and solid arguments for characterizing their personalities, and as for the request of the Head of Arabkir Medical Center, it might by no means be considered as a mitigating circumstance for the punishment and responsibility. Also, A. Sakunts provided grounds that the Court had to have imposed additional punishment on the accused by depriving them of the right to engage in their professional activities for some time. Hence, he found that the length of the sentence imposed by the court was not compliant with the punishment regulations under the RA Criminal Code and was unable to contribute to achieving the objective behind the punishment. He, therefore, asked to change the ruling for the sentence by imposing a stricter length and an additional punishment. Accused Z. Ayvazyan’s attorney Y. Sargsyan also presented his appeal. He provided grounds for the infringement on his client’s right to defense noting that the charges brought against Z. Ayvazyan were not clear and understandable, which made it impossible to understand what she was accused and then convicted of. Z. Ayvazyan used to tell about all this at the court hearings before, but neither the Prosecutor, nor the Court took any relevant steps. However, Y. Sargsyan failed to complete presentation of his appeal since the court hearing was adjourned due to another hearing scheduled previously. The next court hearing is scheduled for October 23, 2015, 1 pm.

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