The Court of General Jurisdiction in Yerevan, presided over by judge Anna Danibekyan, on Friday will continue hearings in the case of the alleged overthrow of the constitutional order involving Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan and three other former top officials.

The court is expected to hear a defense motion to end the criminal prosecution against Kocharyan under Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code, his legal team said in a statement on Thursday. The motion had been filed to the court on March 27.

Earlier last Friday, the Constitutional Court of Armenia ruled that Article 300․1 of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional and invalid, noting that it runs counter to Articles 78 and 79 of the Constitution.