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KKO VL:2026-10 AI generated

Supreme Court allows appeal on jurisdiction; lower court wrongly dismissed charge due to lack of aggravated circumstances.

Case Number KKO VL:2026-10
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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The Supreme Court allowed the appeal regarding the lower court's jurisdiction to examine the charge. The district court convicted the defendant of serious sexual exploitation of a child, but the court of appeal dismissed the charge as time-barred and found it lacked aggravated circumstances. The Supreme Court ruled that the court of appeal erred in its assessment of the aggravated circumstances required for the serious charge.

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Rikoslaissa 39/1988, 10 luku, 1 §; Rikoslaissa 39/1988, 10 luku, 2 §: The court of appeal must properly assess whether the facts constitute an aggravated offense; dismissal based on incorrect legal characterization of aggravating elements is reversible.

Keywords

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sexual exploitation of child aggravated circumstances time-barred charge court of appeal jurisdiction serious sexual offense

Cited Legislation

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Rikoslaki 39/1988, 10 luku 1 §
Rikoslaki 39/1988, 10 luku 2 §
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Käräjäoikeus luki vastaajan syyksi törkeän lapsen seksuaalisen hyväksikäytön

(563/1998). Vastaaja vaati valituksessaan hovioikeudelle muutosta ainoastaan

rangaistusseuraamuksen osalta. Hovioikeus otti tutkittavakseen rikosnimikkeen

oikeellisuuden ja katsoi, ettei vastaajan syyksi luettu teko täyttänyt törkeän

tekomuodon ankaroittamisperustetta, ja hylkäsi syytteen vanhentuneena.

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