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Order of applying concurrency and recidivism rules when an offense is in legal competition with both terms of a post-conviction recidivism

Case Number ICCJ_162424
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The Supreme Court of Romania (High Court of Cassation and Justice) definitively resolved a referral from the Bucharest Court of Appeal, ruling that where offense (A) is in legal competition with both the first term (B) and the second term (C) of a post-conviction recidivism, the operative outcome requires applying the rules of concurrence of offenses to establish a resultant penalty for offenses (A) and (B), to which the post-conviction recidivism rules are subsequently applied in relation to the penalty for offense (C). The dispute centered on the correct chronological and methodological order for calculating the final penalty when a single offense overlaps with both elements of a recidivism structure, specifically whether recidivism should be applied first to terms B and C or if the concurrence of A and B must be resolved before applying recidivism via term C. The court held that the intervention of recidivism breaks the concurrence between offenses (A) and (C), thereby establishing the legal basis that the penalty for (A) and (B) is aggregated first under the principles of concurrence, with the resulting penalty then subject to recidivism enhancements based on offense (C).

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Order of applying concurrency and recidivism rules when an offense is in legal competition with both terms of a post-conviction recidivism: The dispute centered on the correct chronological and methodological order for calculating the final penalty when a single offense overlaps with both elements of a recidivism structure, specifically whether recidivism should be applied first to terms B and C or if the concurrence of A and B must be resolved before applying recidivism via term C. The court held that the intervention of recidivism breaks the concurrence between offenses (A) and (C), thereby establishing the legal basis that the penalty for (A) and (B) is aggregated first under the principles of concurrence, with the resulting penalty then subject to recidivism enhancements based on offense (C).

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rules on competition concurrence of criminal offenses operative part of judgment criminal recidivism e-justice referral order

Cited Legislation

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art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Procedural rule specifying the date from which the decision becomes binding, cited in the dispositive order regarding the publication in the Official Monitor.
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Decizia nr. 22/2020
Concurrent Offense Penalty Computed Before Recidivism Addition in Mixed Concurrence-Recidivism Scenario
Decizia nr. 4556/2004
Concurrence of offenses and recidivism: correct consolidation of penalties versus improper arithmetic cumulative sentencing
Decizia nr. 1661/2003
Merging penalties for concurrent offenses committed in post-conviction recidivism under the legal cumulation system
ICCJ_54115
Concurrent post-conviction and post-execution recidivism upheld cumulatively in binding interpretation.
Decizia nr. 69/2020
Sequencing of penalty combination for concurrent offenses and post-execution recidivism under Article 79(2) of the Criminal Code

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

Procedural rule specifying the date from which the decision becomes binding, cited in the dispositive order regarding the 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.22 Dosar nr.856/1/2020

Şedinţa din data de 9 iulie 2020

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel București – Secţia a-II-a Penală, în dosarul nr.12265/299/2019, prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile în vederea dezlegării de principiu a următoarei chestiuni de drept: „În cazul în care o infracţiune (A) este concurentă atât cu infracţiunea ce reprezintă primul termen (B), cât şi cu infracţiunea ce reprezintă al doilea termen (C)al unei recidive postcondamnatorii, operaţiunea de stabilire a pedepsei rezultante implică: 1) Aplicarea întâi a regulilor recidivei postcondamnatorii cu privire la pedepsele stabilite pentru infracţiunile (B) şi (C), rezultanta fiind ulterior contopită, potrivit regulilor concursului de infracţiuni, cu pedeapsa stabilită pentru infracţiunea (A), concurentă atât cu infracţiunea (B), cât şi cu infracţiunea (C) ? sau 2) Aplicarea regulilor concursului de infracţiuni între pedepsele stabilite pentru infracţiunile (A) şi (B), rezultantei fiindu-i aplicabile ulterior regulile recidivei postcondamnatorii prin raportare la pedeapsa stabilită pentru infracţiunea (C), considerând că intervenţia recidivei duce la ruperea concurenţei dintre infracţiunile (A) şi (C)?”

Stabilește că, în cazul în care o infracțiune (A) este concurentă atât cu infracțiunea ce reprezintă primul termen (B), cât şi cu infracțiunea ce reprezintă al doilea termen (C) al unei recidive postcondamnatorii, operațiunea de stabilire a pedepsei rezultante implică aplicarea regulilor concursului de infracțiuni între pedepsele stabilite pentru infracțiunile (A) şi (B), rezultantei fiindu-i aplicate ulterior regulile recidivei post condamnatorii prin raportare la pedeapsa stabilită pentru infracțiunea (C).

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, 9 iulie 2020.