Federica Tartaralawyer of forum of Genoaended up at the center of the news (in some way judicial) for an event that happened in front of her Dr. Ilaria Sichirollojudge of Court of Venice.
Being in the ninth month of pregnancythe lawyer Tartara requested the postponement of the hearing for legitimate impediment as also provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure in article 420 ter paragraph 5-bis. And after all, we add, taking a trip between the Ligurian capital and the lagoon city is not exactly the most suitable thing for those who are, in fact, in the ninth month of pregnancy.
The CPP also provides that “the defender who has promptly communicated the state of pregnancy is deemed to be legitimately prevented to appear in the two months preceding the expected date of birth and in the three months following it”.
Is everything resolved? Not at all, because the judge rejected the request of the lawyer Tartaraheld the hearing anyway and also sentenced his two clients to two years in prison.
“Today – the Genoese lawyer wrote on social media – something happened that I consider very serious for my profession: I had a criminal hearing in Venice and having the birth expected in about 3 weeks I asked for the postponement due to legitimate impediment, as expressly prescribed by our CPP for pregnant women. The (female) judge – criticizes the Genoese lawyer – did not grant it to me, forcing the colleague I had delegated to discuss a trial whose documents he did not know and condemning the defendants. If a judge is no longer even subject to the Code, where will we end up? Doesn’t a woman lawyer even have the right to avoid a burdensome trip in the thirty-sixth week of pregnancy?
Updated November 16, 2024 at 3:21 pm
