42
88(32) On January 19, 1996, Lori Berenson’s lawyer appealed this judgment before
the Army’s Special Military Court.93
88(33) On January 30, 1996, the Army’s Special Military Court, whose members
were unidentified, delivered judgment, in which it:
Declare[d] inadmissible the objection on jurisdiction filed by the defense lawyer of Lori
Helene BERENSON MEJIA [… and] confirm[ed][ the judgment handed down by the
Army’s Special Military Judge [on January 11, 1996 ...] which sentence[d] Lori Helene
BERENSON MEJIA to LIFE IMPRISONMENT, [...] as perpetrator of the crime of
treason[.]94
88(34) On January 30, 1996, Lori Berenson’s lawyer filed an appeal for annulment
of the judgment delivered by the Special Military Supreme Court that day.95
88(35) On March 4, 1996, the Deputy Special Prosecutor General issued his legal
opinion on the appeal for annulment filed by Lori Berenson’s defense lawyer, and
requested “[t]hat it should be declared that the Court’s judgment SENTENCING Lori
Helene BERENSON MEJIA [...] to LIFE IMPRISONMENT SHOULD NOT BE
ANNULLED.”96
88(36) On March 11, 1996, Lori Berenson’s defense lawyer submitted his written
arguments, requesting, inter alia, that the objection on jurisdiction should be
admitted, in favor of the ordinary jurisdiction, and that the all the preceding
proceedings should be declared null “up until the stage at which the Prosecutor
formulated the charge, in his capacity as person responsible for the criminal
proceeding.”97
88(37) On March 12, 1996, the Special Military Supreme Court, whose members
were unidentified, delivered a ruling in which it declared that there would be no
annulment “of the decision of January 30, [1996], which confirm[ed] in part the firstinstance judgment of January 11, [1996], SENTENCING Lori Helene BERENSON
MEJÍA […] to life imprisonment as the perpetrator of the crime of treason” (supra
para. 88(30)).98
92
Cf. judgment handed down by the Special Military Judge on January 11, 1996 (file of appendixes
to the application, tome 2, appendix 12, folio 524; and file of probative evidence provided by the State,
tome 3, folio 489).
93
Cf. appeal brief prepared by the alleged victim’s defense lawyer and submitted to the Army’s
Special Military Court on January 19, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folios
4880 to 4884).
94
Cf. judgment handed down by the Army’s Special Military Court on January 30, 1996 (file of
appendixes to the application, tome 2, appendix 14, folios 530 to 542; and file of probative evidence
provided by the State, tome 3, folios 4983 to 4995).
95
Cf. remedy of nullity against the judgment of the Army’s Special Military Court filed by the
alleged victim’s defense lawyer before the Special Military Supreme Court on January 30, 1996 (file of
probative evidence provided by the State, tome 3, folio 5009).
96
Cf. opinion of the Deputy Special Prosecutor General’s office of March 4, 1996 (file of probative
evidence provided by the State, tome 4, folios 5080 to 5155).
97
Cf. brief with arguments in defense of the alleged victim submitted to the Army’s Special Military
Supreme Court on March 11, 1996 (file of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 4, folio 5221 to
5231).
98
Cf. judgment handed down by the Army’s Special Military Supreme Court on March 12, 1996 (file
of probative evidence provided by the State, tome 4, folio 5239 to 5253).
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