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Transitional penalty recalculation for final convictions barred by res judicata

Case Number ICCJ_86888
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, ruling on a preliminary question referred by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, admitted the referral and held that the provisions of Article 22(4)(b) of Law No. 187/2012, implementing the new Criminal Code (with reference to Article 129(2)(b) of that Code), are not applicable to offenses finally decided as of 1 February 2014. The ruling, binding under Article 477(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, resolves a interpretative conflict over whether the transitional law on the recalculation of the maximum penalty for multiple offenses could be applied retroactively to already-final judgments. The Court reasoned that the transitional provision could not alter final judgments, thereby prevailing the principle of res judicata and the non-retroactivity of criminal law as applied to settled cases.

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Transitional penalty recalculation for final convictions barred by res judicata: 187/2012, implementing the new Criminal Code (with reference to Article 129(2)(b) of that Code), are not applicable to offenses finally decided as of 1 February 2014. The ruling, binding under Article 477(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, resolves a interpretative conflict over whether the transitional law on the recalculation of the maximum penalty for multiple offenses could be applied retroactively to already-final judgments. The Court reasoned that the transitional provision could not alter final judgments, thereby prevailing the principle of res judicata and the non-retroactivity of criminal law as applied to settled cases.

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criminal penalty res judicata transitional provisions transitional justice retroactivity of a law reference for a preliminary ruling
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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept în materie penală

Minuta deciziei nr.4 Dosar nr. 4/1/2014/HP/P

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel București Secţia I Penală prin încheierea din data de 20 februarie 2014, în dosarul nr. 200/93/2014, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea de principiu a problemei de drept vizând aplicarea dispozițiilor art.22 alin. (4) lit. b) din Legea nr. 187 din 24 octombrie 2012 pentru punerea în aplicare a Legii nr. 286/2009 privind Codul penal cu referire la art. 129 alin. (2) lit. b) din Codul penal în cazul faptelor definitiv judecate la data de 1 februarie 2014 şi stabileşte :

”Prevederile art. 22 alin. (4) lit. b) din Legea nr. 187 din 24 octombrie 2012 pentru punerea în aplicare a Legii nr. 286/2009 privind Codul penal cu referire la art. 129 alin. (2) lit. b) din Codul penal nu sunt aplicabile faptelor definitiv judecate la data de 1 februarie 2014.”

Obligatorie, potrivit dispoziţiilor art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi 12 mai 2014.