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Scope of criminal trial suspension ban: interpretation of "raising" versus "invoking" a unconstitutionality exception

Case Number ICCJ_144232
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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Outcome Inadmissible
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the request for a preliminary decision on a question of law submitted by the Court of Appeal of Constanța, leaving the lower court's procedural posture unchanged. The dispute concerned the interpretation of the absolute prohibition against suspending criminal trial proceedings under Art. 367(9) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, specifically whether this ban applies at the stage of merely invoking a unconstitutionality exception or only upon the actual referral of the exception to the Constitutional Court under Art. 29 of Law No. 47/1992. The Court’s decision was based on the procedural admissibility requirements for such referrals, effectively rejecting the appellate court's attempt to resolve the ambiguity between "invoking" and "referring" a constitutional challenge within criminal proceedings.

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art. 29 din Legea nr. 47/1992, art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Scope of criminal trial suspension ban: interpretation of "raising" versus "invoking" a unconstitutionality exception: The dispute concerned the interpretation of the absolute prohibition against suspending criminal trial proceedings under Art. 367(9) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, specifically whether this ban applies at the stage of merely invoking a unconstitutionality exception or only upon the actual referral of the exception to the Constitutional Court under Art. 29 of Law No. 47/1992. The Court’s decision was based on the procedural admissibility requirements for such referrals, effectively rejecting the appellate court's attempt to resolve the ambiguity between "invoking" and "referring" a constitutional challenge within criminal proceedings.

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code of criminal procedure interpretation of the law constitutional requirement absolute exceptions objection of unconstitutionality preliminary proceedings

Cited Legislation

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art. 29 din Legea nr. 47/1992
art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Cited in the dispositive to establish the effective date of the decision's obligatory force from its publication in the Official Monitor.
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Decizia nr. 12/2018
Scope of criminal procedure ban on suspending trial pending constitutional review: whether "raising" an exception requires formal seizure of the Constitutional Court.
Decizia nr. 671/2023
Unconstitutionality exception against criminal revision ground: inadmissibility of challenging statutory interpretation rather than constitutional validity
Decizia nr. 3460/2009
Inadmissibility of appeal against suspension of proceedings for constitutional referral under Criminal Procedure Code
Decizia nr. 2554/2009
Admissibility of appeal against refusal to suspend criminal proceedings pending constitutional review of preventive detention law
Decizia nr. 108/2022
Unconstitutionality exception referral and procedural admissibility of appeals against interlocutory decisions

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

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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. 12 Dosar nr. 1245/1/2018

Şedinţa din data de 12 septembrie 2018

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Constanţa, Secţia penală şi pentru cauze penale cu minori şi de familie, în dosarul nr. 4318/118/2015, prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:

«Dacă interdicţia absolută de suspendare a judecăţii cauzei, în materie penală, prevăzută de art. 367 alin. (9) din Codul de procedură penală, se raportează la interpretarea sintagmei „ridicarea unei excepţii de neconstituţionalitate” ca având înţelesul „invocarea unei excepţii de neconstituţionalitate” sau „sesizarea Curţii Constituţionale cu o excepţie de neconstituţionalitate” invocată în condiţiile cumulative prevăzută de art. 29 din Legea nr. 47/1992, după statuarea preliminară de către instanţa de trimitere privind îndeplinirea condiţiilor pentru sesizarea Curţii Constituţionale».

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, 12 septembrie 2018.