Legislator Case Law & Legislation
DE FR IT EN
Analyze in Legislator
ICCJ_147663 AI generated

Scope of "driving" a vehicle for criminal liability: whether activation of autopropulsion systems is a necessary element of the offense

Case Number ICCJ_147663
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted
Open official source Machine-readable Markdown (.md)

Legislator summary

AI generated

The High Court of Cassation and Justice, acting through the Complete for Resolving Legal Questions in Criminal Matters, admitted the preliminary reference submitted by the Oradea Court of Appeal and established the binding principle that the act of "driving" a vehicle under Article 336 of the Criminal Code does not necessarily require putting the vehicle into motion by activating the autopropulsion systems. This ruling resolves a legal uncertainty in a criminal case concerning dangerous driving, determining that the offense can be constituted even without the use of the vehicle's engine or propulsion mechanisms, and the decision is mandatory for all courts from the date of its publication in the Official Monitor of Romania.

Legislator headnote

AI generated

art.477 alin.(3) din Codul de procedură penală; Scope of "driving" a vehicle for criminal liability: whether activation of autopropulsion systems is a necessary element of the offense: This ruling resolves a legal uncertainty in a criminal case concerning dangerous driving, determining that the offense can be constituted even without the use of the vehicle's engine or propulsion mechanisms, and the decision is mandatory for all courts from the date of its publication in the Official Monitor of Romania.

Keywords

AI generated
criminal offense legal systems use of motor vehicle reference for a preliminary ruling traffic accident liability aggravated drunk driving

Cited Legislation

AI generated
art.477 alin.(3) din Codul de procedură penală
Provisional procedural basis cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory effect of the decision from the date of its publication in the Official Monitor.
AI generated
Decizia nr. 6/2019
Drunk driving without engine activation: “conduction” under Art. 336 Penal Code does not require self-propulsion system activation.
Decizia nr. 470/RC/2017
Driving under the influence: Typicity of the "vehicle" element for agricultural tractors in criminal offenses.
Decizia nr. 11/2017
Criminal Typicity of Driving Unregistered Agricultural Tractors Without License Under Penal Code Provisions for Motor Vehicles
Decizia nr. 176/RC/2023
Vehicle used as instrument of violence satisfies objective elements of battery irrespective of intent to kill
ICCJ_172292
Criminal liability for driving without a valid license during the interval between final conviction for driving under the influence and administrative license revocation

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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

Provisional procedural basis cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory effect of the decision from the date of its publication in the Official Monitor.

Need to analyze how this precedent applies to your matter?

Cross-reference this judgment against statutes, commentaries, and subsequent citing case law inside Legislator AI.

Open in Legislator →

Full text

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.6 Dosar nr.144/1/2019

Şedinţa din data de 21 martie 2019

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Oradea – Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori, în dosarul nr.18.436/271/2017, prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea de principiu a următoarei chestiuni de drept: „Dacă acţiunea de conducere a unui vehicul, astfel cum este prevăzută de art.336 din Codul penal, presupune în mod necesar punerea în mişcare a vehiculului prin acţionarea sistemelor de autopropulsie.”

Stabileşte că, acţiunea de conducere a unui vehicul, astfel cum este prevăzută de art.336 din Codul penal, nu presupune în mod necesar punerea în mişcare a vehiculului prin acţionarea sistemelor de autopropulsie.

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, 21 martie 2019.