GOGICHAISHVILI v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 2291/10 Levan GOGICHAISHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 29 August 2017 as a Committee composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Lәtif Hüseynov, judges,and Anne-Marie Dougin, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 December 2009,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Levan Gogichaishvili, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1981 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Mr M. Jangirashvili, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr B. Dzamashvili, of the Ministry of JusticeThe applicant complained under Article 6 § 2 of the Convention about the violation of his presumption of innocence on account of the preparation and d …