The Court notes at the outset that a public hearing was held at first instance.

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

During the hearing the court noted that the applicant had been notified of the hearing ( apie posėdį pranešta ) and proceeded to examine the case in his absence.

mind the provisions of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the appellate court, after an acquittal by a first-instance court, cannot order a conviction for the first time without hearing

France - 61198/08 Judgment 10.1.2013 [Section V] Article 6 Criminal proceedings Article 6-1 Criminal charge Fair hearing Assize court judgment containing statement of reasons for jury’s guilty verdict:

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

The proceedings were conducted in the absence of the applicant and his accomplice by virtue of a court decision taken in a hearing of 30   September 1996.

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Civil proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)

    The applicants complained that their right to a fair hearing had been breached on account of the domestic courts’ refusal of their requests to appear in court.

    The applicants complained that their right to a fair hearing had been breached on account of the domestic courts’ refusal of their requests to appear in court.

    The applicants complained that their right to a fair hearing had been breached on account of the domestic courts’ refusal of their requests to appear in court.

    The first applicant complained that the quashing of the final judgment of 9 April 1998 had breached his right to a fair hearing.

(ii)     Alleged violation of Article 6   § 1 on account of the applicant’s absence from the hearing 40.

    The applicant complained that no oral hearing before the Administrative Court had been held.

The applicant was not brought to the hearing, while the representatives of the prison hospital appeared.

    Some applicants attended the hearings before the first-instance courts; all of them were absent from the appeal hearings.