 commence on February 4 , 2013 , with a plan to conduct the hearings in four consecutive days . Blythe was summoned to attend the hearing in person .   The case was heard by a panel of the Prague Municipal Court , consisting of presiding professional judge Tomáš Kubovec and two lay judges . Trials in the Czech Republic are public . In general , the court is bound to decide on the deed as stated in the indictment ; however , it is not bound by its legal assessment by the State Attorney .   Both the defendant and the State Attorney may appeal the decision ; the appeal would be heard by a panel of the Prague High Court , consisting of three professional judges . A decision of second instance court is final and enforceable . Nevertheless , an extraordinary appeal may be lodged by the defendant or the Supreme State Attorney , which would be heard by the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic in Brno ; an extraordinary appeal may , however , rest only on issues of law and does not provide for full review of the case . After exhausting all of these remedies , the defendant may also lodge a petition to the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic . The petition may be based on allegation of violation of rights under the Czech Constitution and Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms .   = = = State Attorney Vladimír Mužík = = =   Indictment against Blythe was brought by State Attorney Vladimír Mužík . Mužík had tried a number of murderers , such as Luboš Mika ( life in prison ) , Roman Fidler ( life imprisonment at 1st instance , 25 years on appeal ) , Maria Zolotukinová ( 13 years imprisonment ) and Petr Procházka ( 11 years imprisonment ) . He also tried a case against Andranik Soghojan , an alleged head of Russian mafia , requesting 25 years in prison for ordering a murder . The Municipal Court in Prague acquitted Soghojan due to lack of evidence ; however , the decision was repealed on appeal by the High Court , and the case will be heard again by a different tribunal of the Municipal Court . Another of Mužík 's murder cases which ended in acquittal due to insufficient evidence is that of Miroslav Rus , who was indicted in connection with disappearance of Miroslav Kříž , a vice @-@ chairman of the Czech Football Association .   = = = Defense lawyers = = =   Randy Blythe was represented by Prague lawyers Martin Radvan and Vladimír Jablonský . Radvan studied law at the Faculty of Law of Charles University and at the New York University . From 1990 to 1992 , he served as external advisor of the then Prime Minister Marián Čalfa . A former partner at Baker & McKenzie , Radvan established Radvan & Co. in 1996 . He is also a member of board of directors of Forum 2000 .   Jablonský gained fame as attorney of Yekta Uzunoglu , a Kurdish national who was first charged in 1994 with preparing to commit three murders and committing blackmail and torture . It became one of the longest criminal cases in the Czech history , as the witnesses and alleged victims gradually withdrew or changed their testimonies against Uzunoglu until he was exonerated by the Municipal Court in Prague in 2007 . The court held that although the crimes did take place , there is no evidence that Uzunoglu took part in it . He was also defending judge Pavel Nagy , who was indicted of accepting a bribe . The proceedings ended with Nagy being found insane and criminally not liable . Jablonský also acted as a defense attorney in the case of a hairdresser of Czech VIPs indicted on charges of rape and torture . During the proceedings , the judge sent Jablonský to face the disciplinary commission of the Czech bar association for what he perceived as " behaviour bordering on contempt " .   = = = Day 1 of the trial = = =   The trial started on February 4 , 2013 . Blythe testified that when he wanted to see the club before the concert , Lamb of God 's technician told him that the club was terrible and messy . According to Blythe , the technician went on , saying that the stage was small , there were too many people , and that it was rather dangerous .   Blythe , who is nearsighted , took off his glasses before entering the stage , which together with the smoke and light effects allegedly left him half @-@ blind . Blythe said that people could easily reach the band members or climb up to the stage . One of the fans , who was identified as Milan Pořádek by Czech newspapers , and who was scheduled to testify later during the proceedings , managed to climb the stage twice without being stopped by security . Blythe testified that during the first attempt , Pořádek rushed the stage and started waving
Ġcommence Ġon ĠFebruary Ġ4 Ġ, Ġ2013 Ġ, Ġwith Ġa Ġplan Ġto Ġconduct Ġthe Ġhearings Ġin Ġfour Ġconsecutive Ġdays Ġ. ĠB ly the Ġwas Ġsummoned Ġto Ġattend Ġthe Ġhearing Ġin Ġperson Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġcase Ġwas Ġheard Ġby Ġa Ġpanel Ġof Ġthe ĠPrague ĠMunicipal ĠCourt Ġ, Ġconsisting Ġof Ġpresiding Ġprofessional Ġjudge ĠTom Ã¡ Å¡ ĠKub ove c Ġand Ġtwo Ġlay Ġjudges Ġ. ĠTrials Ġin Ġthe ĠCzech ĠRepublic Ġare Ġpublic Ġ. ĠIn Ġgeneral Ġ, Ġthe Ġcourt Ġis Ġbound Ġto Ġdecide Ġon Ġthe Ġdeed Ġas Ġstated Ġin Ġthe Ġindictment Ġ; Ġhowever Ġ, Ġit Ġis Ġnot Ġbound Ġby Ġits Ġlegal Ġassessment Ġby Ġthe ĠState ĠAttorney Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠBoth Ġthe Ġdefendant Ġand Ġthe ĠState ĠAttorney Ġmay Ġappeal Ġthe Ġdecision Ġ; Ġthe Ġappeal Ġwould Ġbe Ġheard Ġby Ġa Ġpanel Ġof Ġthe ĠPrague ĠHigh ĠCourt Ġ, Ġconsisting Ġof Ġthree Ġprofessional Ġjudges Ġ. ĠA Ġdecision Ġof Ġsecond Ġinstance Ġcourt Ġis Ġfinal Ġand Ġenforce able Ġ. ĠNevertheless Ġ, Ġan Ġextraordinary Ġappeal Ġmay Ġbe Ġlodged Ġby Ġthe Ġdefendant Ġor Ġthe ĠSupreme ĠState ĠAttorney Ġ, Ġwhich Ġwould Ġbe Ġheard Ġby Ġthe ĠSupreme ĠCourt Ġof Ġthe ĠCzech ĠRepublic Ġin ĠBr no Ġ; Ġan Ġextraordinary Ġappeal Ġmay Ġ, Ġhowever Ġ, Ġrest Ġonly Ġon Ġissues Ġof Ġlaw Ġand Ġdoes Ġnot Ġprovide Ġfor Ġfull Ġreview Ġof Ġthe Ġcase Ġ. ĠAfter Ġexhausting Ġall Ġof Ġthese Ġremedies Ġ, Ġthe Ġdefendant Ġmay Ġalso Ġlodge Ġa Ġpetition Ġto Ġthe ĠConstitutional ĠCourt Ġof Ġthe ĠCzech ĠRepublic Ġ. ĠThe Ġpetition Ġmay Ġbe Ġbased Ġon Ġallegation Ġof Ġviolation Ġof Ġrights Ġunder Ġthe ĠCzech ĠConstitution Ġand ĠCharter Ġof ĠFundamental ĠRights Ġand ĠBasic ĠFreed oms Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠState ĠAttorney ĠVlad im ÃŃ r ĠMu Å ¾ ÃŃ k Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠInd ict ment Ġagainst ĠB ly the Ġwas Ġbrought Ġby ĠState ĠAttorney ĠVlad im ÃŃ r ĠMu Å ¾ ÃŃ k Ġ. ĠMu Å ¾ ÃŃ k Ġhad Ġtried Ġa Ġnumber Ġof Ġmurderers Ġ, Ġsuch Ġas ĠLub o Å¡ ĠM ika Ġ( Ġlife Ġin Ġprison Ġ) Ġ, ĠRoman ĠF id ler Ġ( Ġlife Ġimprisonment Ġat Ġ1 st Ġinstance Ġ, Ġ25 Ġyears Ġon Ġappeal Ġ) Ġ, ĠMaria ĠZ ol ot uk in ov Ã¡ Ġ( Ġ13 Ġyears Ġimprisonment Ġ) Ġand ĠPetr ĠPro ch Ã¡ z ka Ġ( Ġ11 Ġyears Ġimprisonment Ġ) Ġ. ĠHe Ġalso Ġtried Ġa Ġcase Ġagainst ĠAnd ran ik ĠSo gh oj an Ġ, Ġan Ġalleged Ġhead Ġof ĠRussian Ġmafia Ġ, Ġrequesting Ġ25 Ġyears Ġin Ġprison Ġfor Ġordering Ġa Ġmurder Ġ. ĠThe ĠMunicipal ĠCourt Ġin ĠPrague Ġacquitted ĠSo gh oj an Ġdue Ġto Ġlack Ġof Ġevidence Ġ; Ġhowever Ġ, Ġthe Ġdecision Ġwas Ġrepealed Ġon Ġappeal Ġby Ġthe ĠHigh ĠCourt Ġ, Ġand Ġthe Ġcase Ġwill Ġbe Ġheard Ġagain Ġby Ġa Ġdifferent Ġtribunal Ġof Ġthe ĠMunicipal ĠCourt Ġ. ĠAnother Ġof ĠMu Å ¾ ÃŃ k Ġ' s Ġmurder Ġcases Ġwhich Ġended Ġin Ġacqu ittal Ġdue Ġto Ġinsufficient Ġevidence Ġis Ġthat Ġof ĠMi ros lav ĠRus Ġ, Ġwho Ġwas Ġindicted Ġin Ġconnection Ġwith Ġdisappearance Ġof ĠMi ros lav ĠK Å Ļ ÃŃ Å ¾ Ġ, Ġa Ġvice Ġ@ - @ Ġchairman Ġof Ġthe ĠCzech ĠFootball ĠAssociation Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠDefense Ġlawyers Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠRandy ĠB ly the Ġwas Ġrepresented Ġby ĠPrague Ġlawyers ĠMartin ĠRad van Ġand ĠVlad im ÃŃ r ĠJ abl ons k Ã ½ Ġ. ĠRad van Ġstudied Ġlaw Ġat Ġthe ĠFaculty Ġof ĠLaw Ġof ĠCharles ĠUniversity Ġand Ġat Ġthe ĠNew ĠYork ĠUniversity Ġ. ĠFrom Ġ1990 Ġto Ġ1992 Ġ, Ġhe Ġserved Ġas Ġexternal Ġadvisor Ġof Ġthe Ġthen ĠPrime ĠMinister ĠMari Ã¡n ĠÄ Į alf a Ġ. ĠA Ġformer Ġpartner Ġat ĠBaker Ġ& ĠMcKenzie Ġ, ĠRad van Ġestablished ĠRad van Ġ& ĠCo . Ġin Ġ1996 Ġ. ĠHe Ġis Ġalso Ġa Ġmember Ġof Ġboard Ġof Ġdirectors Ġof ĠForum Ġ2000 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠJ abl ons k Ã ½ Ġgained Ġfame Ġas Ġattorney Ġof ĠY ek ta ĠUz un oglu Ġ, Ġa ĠKurdish Ġnational Ġwho Ġwas Ġfirst Ġcharged Ġin Ġ1994 Ġwith Ġpreparing Ġto Ġcommit Ġthree Ġmurders Ġand Ġcommitting Ġblackmail Ġand Ġtorture Ġ. ĠIt Ġbecame Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġlongest Ġcriminal Ġcases Ġin Ġthe ĠCzech Ġhistory Ġ, Ġas Ġthe Ġwitnesses Ġand Ġalleged Ġvictims Ġgradually Ġwithdrew Ġor Ġchanged Ġtheir Ġtestimonies Ġagainst ĠUz un oglu Ġuntil Ġhe Ġwas Ġexoner ated Ġby Ġthe ĠMunicipal ĠCourt Ġin ĠPrague Ġin Ġ2007 Ġ. ĠThe Ġcourt Ġheld Ġthat Ġalthough Ġthe Ġcrimes Ġdid Ġtake Ġplace Ġ, Ġthere Ġis Ġno Ġevidence Ġthat ĠUz un oglu Ġtook Ġpart Ġin Ġit Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġalso Ġdefending Ġjudge ĠPavel ĠNag y Ġ, Ġwho Ġwas Ġindicted Ġof Ġaccepting Ġa Ġbribe Ġ. ĠThe Ġproceedings Ġended Ġwith ĠNag y Ġbeing Ġfound Ġinsane Ġand Ġcriminally Ġnot Ġliable Ġ. ĠJ abl ons k Ã ½ Ġalso Ġacted Ġas Ġa Ġdefense Ġattorney Ġin Ġthe Ġcase Ġof Ġa Ġha ird ress er Ġof ĠCzech ĠVIP s Ġindicted Ġon Ġcharges Ġof Ġrape Ġand Ġtorture Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġproceedings Ġ, Ġthe Ġjudge Ġsent ĠJ abl ons k Ã ½ Ġto Ġface Ġthe Ġdisciplinary Ġcommission Ġof Ġthe ĠCzech Ġbar Ġassociation Ġfor Ġwhat Ġhe Ġperceived Ġas Ġ" Ġbehaviour Ġbordering Ġon Ġcontempt Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠDay Ġ1 Ġof Ġthe Ġtrial Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġtrial Ġstarted Ġon ĠFebruary Ġ4 Ġ, Ġ2013 Ġ. ĠB ly the Ġtestified Ġthat Ġwhen Ġhe Ġwanted Ġto Ġsee Ġthe Ġclub Ġbefore Ġthe Ġconcert Ġ, ĠLamb Ġof ĠGod Ġ' s Ġtechnician Ġtold Ġhim Ġthat Ġthe Ġclub Ġwas Ġterrible Ġand Ġmessy Ġ. ĠAccording Ġto ĠB ly the Ġ, Ġthe Ġtechnician Ġwent Ġon Ġ, Ġsaying Ġthat Ġthe Ġstage Ġwas Ġsmall Ġ, Ġthere Ġwere Ġtoo Ġmany Ġpeople Ġ, Ġand Ġthat Ġit Ġwas Ġrather Ġdangerous Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠB ly the Ġ, Ġwho Ġis Ġnear sighted Ġ, Ġtook Ġoff Ġhis Ġglasses Ġbefore Ġentering Ġthe Ġstage Ġ, Ġwhich Ġtogether Ġwith Ġthe Ġsmoke Ġand Ġlight Ġeffects Ġallegedly Ġleft Ġhim Ġhalf Ġ@ - @ Ġblind Ġ. ĠB ly the Ġsaid Ġthat Ġpeople Ġcould Ġeasily Ġreach Ġthe Ġband Ġmembers Ġor Ġclimb Ġup Ġto Ġthe Ġstage Ġ. ĠOne Ġof Ġthe Ġfans Ġ, Ġwho Ġwas Ġidentified Ġas ĠMilan ĠPo Å Ļ Ã¡ d ek Ġby ĠCzech Ġnewspapers Ġ, Ġand Ġwho Ġwas Ġscheduled Ġto Ġtestify Ġlater Ġduring Ġthe Ġproceedings Ġ, Ġmanaged Ġto Ġclimb Ġthe Ġstage Ġtwice Ġwithout Ġbeing Ġstopped Ġby Ġsecurity Ġ. ĠB ly the Ġtestified Ġthat Ġduring Ġthe Ġfirst Ġattempt Ġ, ĠPo Å Ļ Ã¡ d ek Ġrushed Ġthe Ġstage Ġand Ġstarted Ġwaving