Venue changed to Buzău Court on impartiality grounds; prosecutor's opposition rejected.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the petition to change venue and ordered the transfer of the case in File No. 3054/180/2006* from the Bacău Court to the Buzău Court, preserving all procedural acts already completed, with no appeal available; the prosecutor had opposed the motion. The dispute concerned a request for removal (strămutare) of a pending case, filed by the petitioner through counsel, with the next hearing scheduled for December 5, 2012. The decision was based on the court's statutory power to change venue under the applicable procedural rules when grounds for impartiality or proper administration of justice are shown, exercised here in favor of the petitioner and final as of the ruling date.