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Application of more favorable criminal law to criminal attempt: maximum penalty limit based on attempted form rather than consummated offense

Case Number ICCJ_86894
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The Supreme Court of Cassation and Justice, sitting as the complete body for resolving legal questions in criminal matters, admitted the referral from the Bucharest Court of Appeal and issued a mandatory binding interpretation regarding the application of more favorable criminal law. The dispute concerned the procedural mechanism for applying a more lenient statute post-conviction specifically in cases of criminal attempt, where the challenge was determining whether the statutory maximum penalty limit should be calculated based on the consummated offense or the attempted form. The court ruled that under Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, when applying the more favorable law after final judgment in an attempt scenario, the maximum penalty limit to be considered is the special maximum provided for the attempted form (i.e., the maximum for the consummated offense reduced or substituted per the sanctioning rules for attempt), not the full maximum for the completed crime.

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art.6 alin.1 din Codul penal, art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală; Application of more favorable criminal law to criminal attempt: maximum penalty limit based on attempted form rather than consummated offense: The dispute concerned the procedural mechanism for applying a more lenient statute post-conviction specifically in cases of criminal attempt, where the challenge was determining whether the statutory maximum penalty limit should be calculated based on the consummated offense or the attempted form. The court ruled that under Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, when applying the more favorable law after final judgment in an attempt scenario, the maximum penalty limit to be considered is the special maximum provided for the attempted form (i.e., the maximum for the consummated offense reduced or substituted per the sanctioning rules for attempt), not the full maximum for the completed crime.

Keywords

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criminal attempt maximum penalty procedural interpretation of judgment statutory limits criminal procedure rule of law

Cited Legislation

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art.6 alin.1 din Codul penal
Main ground for the ruling, establishing the principle of applying the more favorable criminal law after final judgment in cases of criminal attempt.
art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală
Procedural basis establishing that the decision is binding from the date of publication in the Official Monitor.
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ICCJ_86934
Reduction of definitive penalties under the more favorable new Penal Code: maximum limit for attempted offenses
Decizia nr. 2030/2014
Retrospective application of more favorable 2014 Penal Code to attempt homicide conviction
Decizia nr. 159/2013
Attempted murder sentencing legality: minimum penalty threshold and individualization criteria
Decizia nr. 1308/2013
Attempted homicide under guilty plea: Cassation for appellate court’s failure to rule on suspended sentencing request and mitigation arguments
Decizia nr. 5/RC/2018
Attempted homicide penalty exceeding statutory maximum after mitigating circumstances: illegal sentencing limits

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art.6 alin.1 din Codul penal

Main ground for the ruling, establishing the principle of applying the more favorable criminal law after final judgment in cases of criminal attempt.

art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală

Procedural basis establishing that the decision is binding from the date of publication in the Official Monitor.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE Şl JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept în materie penală

Minuta deciziei nr.6 Dosar nr. 6/1/2014/HP/P

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bucureşti Secţia I Penală în dosarul nr.179/122/2014 prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea de principiu a problemei de drept vizând mecanismul de aplicare a legii penale mai favorabile după judecarea definitivă a cauzei în ipoteza în care este vorba de tentativă,

„În aplicarea legii penale mai favorabile după judecarea definitivă a cauzei potrivit art.6 alin.1 din Codul penal, în cazul tentativei, limita maximă a pedepsei ce trebuie avută în vedere este maximul prevăzut de lege pentru forma tentată (maximul special al pedepsei prevăzute de lege pentru infracţiunea consumată, redus sau înlocuit conform dispoziţiilor privind tratamentul sancţionator al tentativei)."

Obligatorie de |a data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit dispoziţiilor art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, astăzi 26 mai 2014.