TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The defendant in the premeditated murder case against Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, Freddy Sambowill undergo a trial to read the replica at the South Jakarta District Court, today, Friday, January 27 2023. The reading of the replica is one of the final stages of the trial before the panel of judges will pass a verdict.
At the hearing last Tuesday, January 24, 2023, Chairman of the Panel of Judges Imam Wahyu Santoso said he would continue the replica agenda today.
“The trial will continue on Friday, January 27 2023 with a replica agenda from the public prosecutor’s services (JPU) regarding the plea of the defendant and the defendant’s legal counsel,” said Judge Imam before closing the plea trial of Ferdy Sambo, Tuesday, January 24, 2023.
Quoting “Anthony of Advocacy: Book 3 Handling of Civil Cases at the First Level”, the term “replik” comes from a combination of two words. That is, re which means back and moreover which means answer. In short, replica means re-answer.
In the realm of law, a replica is a reply to the defendant’s answer in a case. In practice, the replica can be submitted orally or in writing. In general, it contains additional arguments or rights to corroborate the demands made by the previous prosecutor. The prosecutor will dispute the arguments put forward by Sambo and his team of legal advisers in the defense note.
The same opinion was conveyed by Monang Siahaan in “Philosophy and Philosophy of Criminal Procedure Law”. According to him, the reply is the answer of the public prosecutor (JPU) to the plea of the defendant and the defendant’s legal counsel, in this case Ferdy Sambo.
Ferdy Sambo asked to be released
During the trial with the agenda for reading the memorandum of defense or plea, Ferdy Sambo’s legal advisors team asked the panel of judges to acquit his client of all charges in the premeditated murder case. Brigadier Joshua.
Sambo’s lawyer, Arman Hanis, assessed that his client was not legally proven guilty as the prosecution claimed. The legal advisor also asked the judge to restore his good name.
Arman then asked the judge to reject the prosecutor’s demands against the defendant his client with life imprisonment in the case of the premeditated murder of Brigadier J.
“Release the defendant Ferdy Sambo from all charges, or at least release the defendant Ferdy Sambo from all charges. Restore the good name of the defendant Ferdy Sambo in dignity, as before,” said Arman.
