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Romanian High Court: Tribunal with territorial jurisdiction over detention facility hears conditional release appeals; binding clarification issued.

Case Number ICCJ_219199
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the appeal in the interest of the law filed by the Prosecutor General and established, as binding, that the court competent to hear an appeal against a first-instance judgment (sentence) rendered by a lower court (judecătorie) in matters of conditional release is the hierarchically superior court (tribunal) that has jurisdiction over the detention facility's location at the time the request was filed. The dispute concerned the interpretation and application of Article 587(3) of the Romanian Code of Criminal Procedure, specifically the ambiguous wording regarding which court reviews challenges to conditional release decisions. The ruling clarifies the jurisdictional rule, making the decision binding pursuant to Article 474(4) of the same code.

Legislator headnote

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art. 587 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală, art. 474 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură penală; Romanian High Court: Tribunal with territorial jurisdiction over detention facility hears conditional release appeals; binding clarification issued: The dispute concerned the interpretation and application of Article 587(3) of the Romanian Code of Criminal Procedure, specifically the ambiguous wording regarding which court reviews challenges to conditional release decisions. The ruling clarifies the jurisdictional rule, making the decision binding pursuant to Article 474(4) of the same code.

Keywords

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conditional release sentence of detention interpretation of a judgment jurisdictional matters cassation review code of criminal procedure

Cited Legislation

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art. 587 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Provision interpreted and applied to establish the competent court for contesting a sentence in conditional release cases.
art. 474 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură penală
Basis for the mandatory nature of the RIL decision.
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Încheierea nr. 206/2024
Competence for appeals in conditional release cases depends on detention location at the time the request was filed, not at the time of appeal
Încheierea nr. 695/2023
Territorial jurisdiction for conditional release appeals: competence determined by place of detention at time of appeal filing
ICCJ_220659
Appeal in interest of law granted: appellate jurisdiction for conditional release rulings fixed by detention site at filing, not later transfer.
Încheierea nr. 176/2024
Convicted person's appeal over denied conditional release assigned to tribunal above issuing court despite prison transfer.
Încheierea nr. 167/2024
Jurisdictional competence for conditional release appeals: detention location at initial request vs. appeal date under Article 587(3) Cpp

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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art. 587 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală

Provision interpreted and applied to establish the competent court for contesting a sentence in conditional release cases.

art. 474 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură penală

Basis for the mandatory nature of the RIL decision.

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R O M Â N I A

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru soluționarea recursului în interesul legii

Minuta deciziei nr. 17 Dosar nr. 1300/1/2024

Şedinţa din 7 octombrie 2024

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de procurorul general al Parchetului de pe lângă Înalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie.

În interpretarea şi aplicarea dispoziţiilor art. 587 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală, stabileşte că instanţa competentă să soluţioneze contestaţia formulată împotriva sentinţei pronunţate de judecătorie în materia liberării condiţionate este tribunalul ierarhic superior judecătoriei care a pronunţat sentinţa contestată, în a cărei circumscripţie se afla locul de deţinere la data formulării cererii.

Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 474 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în sedinţă publică, astăzi, 7 octombrie 2024.