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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:
The case originated in an application (no. 49746/99) 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 Croatian national, Mr Zvonko Čevizović (“the applicant”), on 8 March 1999.
The applicant, who had been granted legal aid, was originally represented by Mrs G. Braun, a lawyer practising in Strasbourg. He was then represented before the Court by Mr Ž. Rajačić, a lawyer practising in Zagreb, Croatia. The German Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr K. Stoltenberg, Ministerialdirigent , of the Federal Ministry of Justice.
The applicant alleged that the length of his detention on remand and the length of the criminal proceedings against him had exceeded a reasonable time. He also complained that his continued detention had been disproportionate. He invoked Articles 5 §§ 1 and 3 and 6 § 1 of the Convention.
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