Residents of Abovyan city, Kotayk region of Armenia, A.A. and A.S.A., were accused of committing a murder as part of a group and acquiring and possessing weapons as part of a group—actions prohibited under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. As a result of nearly a year of persistent work by lawyers Edgar Ayvazyan and Gurgen Nersisyan of the “LSA” law firm, on December 13, 2024, the court (Judge Gegham Margaryan of the First Instance General Jurisdiction Criminal Court of Kotayk region) issued a verdict recognizing A.S.A.’s innocence and acquitting him. At the same time, A.A. was found guilty under the first part of the article of the Criminal Code that prescribes criminal liability for murder and was sentenced to the minimum punishment provided by the sanction—eight years of imprisonment.
Although the defense believes that, in the present case, there were grounds and conditions to consider A.A.’s actions as falling within the framework of self-defense or self-defense exceeding lawful limits, or for imposing a punishment milder than prescribed by law, the lawyers nevertheless highly value the justice implemented by the court and its “bold” outcomes, taking into account the emotional aspect of the case.