On the termination of the case against Maya Silmale, Riga (CCE 19.11 [11]).
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Silmale [Maija Silmale, 1924-1973; feature photo] was arrested (CCE 18.10 [12]) on the evening of 2 February 1971.
This letter was addressed to her sister Austra:
“Procuracy of the USSR
Procuracy of the Latvian SSR
16 April 1971
To Citizen Silmale, Austra Arvidovna
I hereby inform you that (on the basis of Article 198, pt. 2, Latvian SSR Code of Criminal Procedure [1]) criminal proceedings against Silmale, Maya Arvidovna (b. 1924) have been discontinued by the Procuracy of the Latvian SSR.
The measure of restraint applied in her case – an undertaking not to leave the city – was lifted on 15 April 1971, since Silmale M.A. has been judged by an in-patient forensic-psychiatric commission to be of unsound mind and her case is not referable to the courts for the imposition of compulsory treatment.
(Signed)
E Kakitis [2], lawyer first class,
investigator of the Latvian SSR Procuracy for Especially Important Cases.
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NOTES
- Article 198, pt. 2 (Latvian SSR Code of Criminal Procedure): termination of proceedings when as certified by a medical institution, the accused is suffering from mental or other serious illness.
↩︎ - Kakhitis was also investigator in the cases of Ivan Yakhimovich and L.A. Doronina (CCE 7.2 & CCE 17.12 [5], respectively).
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