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Witness-protection benefits cannot reduce sentence under Article 598(1)(d); referral admitted.

Case Number ICCJ_155999
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral from the Bucharest Court of Appeal and ruled, in a preliminary ruling for the interpretation of law, that the provisions of Article 19 of Law No. 682/2002 on witness protection do not constitute a cause for reducing a sentence within the meaning of Article 598(1)(d) of the Romanian Code of Criminal Procedure; the decision is binding from its publication in the Official Gazette. The dispute concerned whether witness-protection benefits could be invoked as a ground for reducing an imposed sentence. The court held that Article 19 of the law is not a mitigating factor or cause of sentence reduction, and therefore cannot serve as a basis for the extraordinary appeal against execution under Article 598(1)(d).

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art. 19 din Legea nr. 682/2002, Art. 598 alin. (1) lit. d) din Codul de procedură penală, Art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Witness-protection benefits cannot reduce sentence under Article 598(1)(d); referral admitted: 682/2002 on witness protection do not constitute a cause for reducing a sentence within the meaning of Article 598(1)(d) of the Romanian Code of Criminal Procedure; the decision is binding from its publication in the Official Gazette. The dispute concerned whether witness-protection benefits could be invoked as a ground for reducing an imposed sentence. The court held that Article 19 of the law is not a mitigating factor or cause of sentence reduction, and therefore cannot serve as a basis for the extraordinary appeal against execution under Article 598(1)(d).

Keywords

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witness protection preliminary ruling procedure criminal sentence reduction of benefits grounds for cassation reduction of sentence

Cited Legislation

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art. 19 din Legea nr. 682/2002
6639/3/2018 prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea chestiunii de drept: „Dacă dispoziţiile art. 19 din Legea nr. 682/2002 privind protecţia martorilor, republicată, pot fi interpretate ca reprezentând o cauză de micşorare a pedepsei, în sensul art.
Art. 598 alin. (1) lit. d) din Codul de procedură penală
Provision referenced in the preliminary ruling request to determine whether the legal ground constitutes a cause for reducing punishment.
Art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish the binding effect of the decision from publication in the Official Gazette.
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Decizia nr. 459/2025
Execution appeal for witness protection sentence reduction dismissed as unfounded
Decizia nr. 150/RC/2019
Interaction of witness protection penalty reduction and the non reformatio in pejus principle in appellate sentencing
Decizia nr. 79/2021
Witness protection sentence reduction requires investigation proceeding in personam against identified perpetrator, not necessarily charges
Decizia nr. 1375/2016
Inadmissibility of post-conviction penalty reduction under anti-corruption witness protection law via appeal in execution
Decizia nr. 3/2018
Scope of witness protection penalty reduction: Application of Art. 19 Law 682/2002 limited to specific criminal proceedings, not distinct concurrent cases

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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Art. 598 alin. (1) lit. d) din Codul de procedură penală

Provision referenced in the preliminary ruling request to determine whether the legal ground constitutes a cause for reducing punishment.

Art. 19 din Legea nr. 682/2002 privind protecţia martorilor, republicată

Legal provision whose interpretation was requested and which the court ruled does not represent a cause for reducing punishment under Art. 598 alin. (1) lit. d) C. proc. pen.

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

Procedural rule cited in the dispositive to establish the binding effect of the decision from publication in the Official Gazette.

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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. 4 Dosar nr. 3064/1/2019

Şedinţa din data de 13 februarie 2020

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bucureşti – Secția a II-a penală în dosarul nr. 6639/3/2018 prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea chestiunii de drept: „Dacă dispoziţiile art. 19 din Legea nr. 682/2002 privind protecţia martorilor, republicată, pot fi interpretate ca reprezentând o cauză de micşorare a pedepsei, în sensul art. 598 alin. (1) lit. d) din Codul de procedură penală” și stabilește că:

Dispoziţiile art. 19 din Legea nr. 682/2002 privind protecţia martorilor, republicată, nu reprezintă o cauză de micșorare a pedepsei în sensul art. 598 alin. (1) lit. d) din Codul de procedură penală.

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, 13 februarie 2020.