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KKO VL:2026-2 AI generated

Supreme Court allows appeal regarding unlawful home search and damages for privacy violation by prison officers.

Case Number KKO VL:2026-2
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal a case where a prisoner claimed his home search by supervising officers was unlawful and violated his privacy rights. The lower courts had dismissed the claim for damages, finding the search did not meet the strict criteria of a formal home search. The Court decided to allow the appeal to determine whether the specific actions taken by the officers constituted a violation of the prisoner's constitutional right to privacy and entitled him to compensation.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 17 ust. 1 k.r.s.; Art. 17 ust. 2 k.r.s.: A search conducted by prison officers for security purposes, lacking the formal characteristics of a judicial home search, may still constitute an unlawful interference with the right to privacy if it exceeds necessary limits, entitling the individual to damages.

Keywords

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prisoner rights home search legality privacy violation damages claim supervising officers

Cited Legislation

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Art. 17 ust. 1 k.r.s.
Art. 17 ust. 2 k.r.s.
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kko-precedent_2004_7
Supreme Court allows appeal on detention grounds where no statutory conditions exist, overriding administrative law restrictions.
kko-precedent_2017_20
Supreme Court allows partial compensation for home search where police waited inside for 40 minutes without notifying suspect of right to witness.
kko-precedent_2012_28
Supreme Court grants retrial for dog owner negligence case due to lack of precedent on liability rules.
ECLI:FI:KKO:2025:64
Supreme Court dismisses request to convert supervision time to prison due to lack of apparent indifference.
kko-precedent_2016_71
Supreme Court allows costs for illegal home search due to lack of strong grounds and procedural failure.

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Vankeusvanki A oli ollut valvotulla poistumisluvalla vankilasta kotonaan. Häntä

valvoneet virkamiehet olivat tarkastaneet asunnon turvallisuuden ja tässä yhteydessä

väliaikaisesti poistaneet asunnosta teräaseita huoneiston parvekkeelle.

A vaati käräjäoikeudessa suoritetun, kotietsinnäksi katsomansa tarkastuksen

toteamista laittomaksi ja vahingonkorvausta yksityiselämän suojan rikkomisesta.

Käräjäoikeus katsoi, ettei suoritettu tarkastus vastannut kotietsintää, jätti

vahvistusvaatimuksen tutkimatta ja hylkäsi siihen perustuvan korvausvaatimuksen.

Hovioikeus ei myöntänyt A:lle jatkokäsittelylupaa. Kysymys siitä, oliko A:lla oikeus

saattaa sanottu menettely tuomioistuimen tutkittavaksi.

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.