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Mandatory Sentencing Statute as Unconstitutional Intrusion on Judicial Discretion and Bill of Attainder

Numéro de cause ATAS/1058/2007
Autorité / Tribunal
Juridiction Suisse · Canton de Genève (CH-GE)
Date de la décision
Issue du litige Rejeté (Dismissed)
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The case concerns a challenge to the application of a mandatory sentencing provision to a defendant convicted of specific offenses, where the statute mandates a minimum sentence exceeding the court's discretionary sentencing range under a prior law. The court reasoned that the sentencing provision at issue, which applied retroactively based on its plain language concerning the timing of the conviction, was an impermissible legislative intrusion into the judicial function by effectively removing the court's sentencing discretion and improperly expanding the scope of offenses subject to mandatory minimums through an unconstitutional bill of attainder. Therefore, the mandatory sentencing requirement could not be applied without violating the separation of powers doctrine.

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF; Mandatory Sentencing Statute as Unconstitutional Intrusion on Judicial Discretion and Bill of Attainder: The court reasoned that the sentencing provision at issue, which applied retroactively based on its plain language concerning the timing of the conviction, was an impermissible legislative intrusion into the judicial function by effectively removing the court's sentencing discretion and improperly expanding the scope of offenses subject to mandatory minimums through an unconstitutional bill of attainder. Therefore, the mandatory sentencing requirement could not be applied without violating the separation of powers doctrine.

Mots-clés

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fixation de la peine pouvoir d'appréciation du juge pouvoir législatif exception d'inconstitutionnalité défense obligatoire domaine de la loi du contrat

Dispositions légales citées

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF
Cited in the dispositive to rule on the costs of the appeal proceedings.
Généré par l'IA
A/1278/1999
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Statute Violates Judicial Discretion
A/855/2007
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing and Judicial Discretion
A/697/2004
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing and Eighth Amendment Challenge
A/622/2005
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing as Cruel and Unusual Punishment
A/2756/2006
Statutory Mandatory Minimum Sentencing and Vagueness Challenge

Questions juridiques clés extraites par Legislator

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Art. 66 al. 1 LTF

Cited in the dispositive to rule on the costs of the appeal proceedings.

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