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Applicability of more favorable criminal law to residual sentence enforcement after conditional release revocation

Case Number ICCJ_133736
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, through its Panel for Resolving Questions of Law in Criminal Matters, issued a binding preliminary decision establishing that the provision on the application of the more favorable criminal law under Article 6 of the Penal Code is applicable even when such a law enters into force after a conditional release from punishment, provided that the remaining unexecuted sentence is subsequently enforced via a new final conviction where the court failed to apply the more favorable legislation. This decision resolved a legal question referred by the Court of Appeal of Galați regarding whether the retroactivity rule for favorable criminal laws extends to cases involving the revocation of conditional release and the execution of the residual sentence, clarifying that the principle applies to the execution phase as well if not previously addressed by the sentencing court. The ruling cites Article 6 of the Penal Code and Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as the decisive legal basis, mandating that this interpretation be binding from the date of its publication in the Official Monitor.

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art. 6 din Codul penal, art.477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Applicability of more favorable criminal law to residual sentence enforcement after conditional release revocation: This decision resolved a legal question referred by the Court of Appeal of Galați regarding whether the retroactivity rule for favorable criminal laws extends to cases involving the revocation of conditional release and the execution of the residual sentence, clarifying that the principle applies to the execution phase as well if not previously addressed by the sentencing court. The ruling cites Article 6 of the Penal Code and Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as the decisive legal basis, mandating that this interpretation be binding from the date of its publication in the Official Monitor.

Keywords

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revocation of conditional release retroactivity of a law criminal sentence application of laws enforcement of ruling rule of law

Cited Legislation

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art. 6 din Codul penal
The provision explicitly cited in the dispositive order to establish that the application of the more favorable criminal law is binding for the specific legal question raised.
art.477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
The procedural provision cited in the final dispositive order to mandate that the decision is binding from the date of its publication in the Official Monitor.
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Decizia nr. 13/2017
Applicability of the more favorable penal law after conditional release and revocation of remaining sentence
Decizia nr. 545/RC/2022
Recidivism and Conditional Release Revocation: Cumulative Addition vs. Contopire of Remaining Penalty Under New Penal Code
Decizia nr. 12/2019
Conflict over the revocation regime of conditional sentence suspensions imposed under the old Penal Code as the more favorable law after the new Penal Code's entry into force
Decizia nr. 306/2003
Retroactive application of more favorable criminal law: discretionary sentence reduction barred by recidivism and sentence below new statutory maximum
ICCJ_119952
Application of More Favorable Criminal Law in Post-Conviction Recidivism Reclassified as Intermediate Plurality

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art. 6 din Codul penal

The provision explicitly cited in the dispositive order to establish that the application of the more favorable criminal law is binding for the specific legal question raised.

art.477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală

The procedural provision cited in the final dispositive order to mandate that the decision is binding from the date of its publication in the Official Monitor.

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R O M Â N I A

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

COMPLETUL PENTRU DEZLEGAREA UNOR CHESTIUNI DE DREPT ÎN MATERIE PENALĂ

Minuta deciziei nr. 13 Dosar nr. 620/1/2017

Şedinţa din data de 25 aprilie 2017

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Galaţi – Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori, în dosarul nr. 4874/233/2016 prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:

„Dacă instituția aplicării legii penale mai favorabile reglementată de art.6 din Codul penal este incidentă sau nu în situația în care legea penală mai favorabilă a intervenit după liberarea condiționată din executarea pedepsei, iar ulterior modificării legislative restul de pedeapsă rămas neexecutat a fost revocat printr-o altă hotărâre de condamnare, rămasă definitivă, prin care nu s-a făcut aplicarea dispozițiilor art. 6 din Codul penal”.

Stabilește că dispoziţiile art. 6 din Codul penal sunt incidente în ipoteza în care legea penală mai favorabilă a intervenit după liberarea condiţionată a persoanei condamnate, iar ulterior s-a dispus executarea restului de pedeapsă, printr-o nouă hotărâre definitivă de condamnare, prin care instanţa nu s-a pronunţat cu privire la aplicarea legii penale mai favorabile după judecarea definitivă a cauzei.

Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art.477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi, 25 aprilie 2017.