DOLIDZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 15 June 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 37662/11Vladimer DOLIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 8 June 2011STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Vladimer Dolidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1983 and is currently imprisoned. He is represented before the Court by Ms S. Abuladze, a lawyer practicing in Tbilisi. The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows. The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.2.   According to a decision to bring charges dated 15 April 2010, as amended on 28 May 2010, the applicant was charged with the offence of resisting police officers with the intention of obstructing them in the course of their duties committed as part of a group (Article 353 § 2 of the Criminal Code) and with the offence of unlawful purchase, possession and carrying of firearms (Article 236 § …