THE ACCUSED IVICA PEJIĆ ENTERED INTO A PLEA AGREEMENT ADMITTING GUILT. A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM OF ONE (1) YEAR AND TEN (10) MONTHS PROPOSED

The accused Ivica Pejić has entered into a Plea Agreement admitting guilt for the committed criminal offense of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, as referred to in Article 195, Paragraph 2, as read with Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in conjunction with Article 26 of the same Code.

The accused Ivica Pejić, born on 22 March 1983 in Bosanski Šamac, where he also resides, with prior convictions, a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia, has entered into a Plea Agreement admitting guilt for the criminal offense he is charged with and he has concluded a Plea Agreement with a Prosecutor of the Special Department for Organized Crime, Economic Crime and Corruption of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH.

By virtue of signing the Plea Agreement, the accused Pejić has fully admitted committing the criminal offense he is charged with by the Indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH dated 21 November 2013 which was confirmed by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 28 November 2013.  

Pursuant to this Plea Agreement, the Prosecutor proposes to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina to impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of one (1) year and ten (10) months on this accused person.

The proposed sentence is consistent with the role of the accused in the commission of the criminal offense described in the Indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH. 

As particularly mitigating circumstances in determining the aforementioned sentence of imprisonment, the Prosecutor has taken into account the fact that this accused person admitted guilt, as well as that the accused is a young person. 

With this Plea Agreement, this accused person confirms to be familiar with the content of the Indictment of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH. At the same time, he confirms to have entered his plea of guilty voluntarily, consciously and with understanding, as well as that he has been informed that he may bear the expenses of the criminal proceedings.  

By signing this Plea Agreement, this accused person waives his right to a trial and right to appeal to a criminal sanction imposed upon him by the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Plea Agreement has been forwarded to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.