MENG v. GERMANY - 1128/17 (Judgment : Right to a fair trial : Third Section)

Art 6 � 1 (criminal) • Objectively justified doubts as to impartiality of court convicting applicant of murder, presided by a judge previously sitting in separate proceedings concerning only her co-accused, which made extensive findings of established fact and legal qualifications prejudging the applicant�s guilt • New findings established by court not exempting an examination of whether the previous judgment contained findings prejudging the applicant�s guilt • Defect not remedied by higher instance court

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Paul Lemmens, President, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Georges Ravarani, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Darian Pavli, ��������� Anja Seibert-Fohr, ��������� Peeter Roosma, judges, and Milan Bla�ko, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 1128/17 ) against the Federal Republic of Germany lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by a German national, Ms Salina Meng (�the applicant�), on 27 December 2016;