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KKO VL:2025-54 AI generated

Supreme Court allows appeal regarding whether mother and siblings lost right of action for murder.

Case Number KKO VL:2025-54
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal concerning whether the deceased's mother and siblings lost their right of action in a murder case. The core issue involves the procedural status of these relatives after the primary proceedings concluded. The court decided to allow the appeal to determine if the statutory time limits or other procedural bars definitively extinguished their standing.

Legislator headnote

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s. 20 vp; s. 21 vp: The right of action for murder is not automatically lost by the passage of time or procedural steps unless specific statutory conditions for loss of standing are met.

Keywords

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right of action murder proceedings loss of standing statutory time limits family members procedural bars criminal appeal

Cited Legislation

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s. 20 vp
s. 21 vp
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kko-precedent_1998_111
Supreme Court dismisses appeal for legal aid to parents of murder victim due to lack of close relationship with suspect.
kko-precedent_2017_52
Supreme Court dismisses attempted murder charge due to lack of specific plan evidence and alternative intent explanations.
kko-precedent_1997_117
Supreme Court merges multiple drug possession and aiding offenses into single crimes for sentencing reduction.
kko-precedent_1995_156
Supreme Court dismisses robbery charge against accomplice who provided tools but did not plan or execute the crime.
kko-other_2006_2787
Supreme Court dismisses damages claims barred by final prior judgments on same legal issues.

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Kysymys siitä, olivatko vainajan äiti ja sisarukset menettäneet syyteoikeutensa

henkirikosta koskevassa asiassa.

Valituslupakortti sisältää kuvauksen siitä kysymyksestä, johon liittyen asiassa on

myönnetty valituslupa. Sen sisältö ei sido korkeinta oikeutta eikä rajoita asian

käsittelyä siltä osin kuin valituslupa on myönnetty.