Kouvolan HO 26.10.1978 PÄ-236/78
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Court holds that drunkenness is not a police offense and thus cannot be used for administrative detention.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Court of Appeal dismissed the prosecution's request to detain the defendant based on an administrative order for drunkenness. The defendant argued that public intoxication is a criminal matter requiring judicial process, not a police offense subject to administrative detention. The court agreed, ruling that such conduct does not fall under the scope of police offenses and therefore cannot justify administrative detention without a criminal conviction.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedRattijuopumusta koskeva lainvoimainen päätös; Rattijuopumusta ei pidetä ns. politiarikoksena, vaan se vaatii rikosprosessin, ei poliisitoimenpiteitä.
Keywords
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drunkenness
police offense
administrative detention
criminal procedure
public intoxication
Full text
Rattijuopumusta ei ole pidettävä ns. politiarikoksena.
Lainvoimainen