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Binding interpretation: Exclusion of mandatory penalty increases for continued offenses from statutory maximum under more favorable criminal law

Case Number ICCJ_86895
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, acting through the panel for resolving issues of law in criminal matters, issued a binding preliminary decision that established the interpretation of "special maximum penalty" under the principle of the more favorable criminal law (Article 6 of the Penal Code). The dispute arose from referrals by two appellate courts regarding whether, for continued offenses (*infracţiuni continuate*), the statutory maximum under the new law includes the mandatory penalty increase applicable to such forms of legal unity of offenses. The Court ruled that the "special maximum provided by the new law for the committed offense" refers strictly to the base statutory maximum for the offense itself, excluding the additional penalty increment prescribed for the continued nature of the crime, thereby limiting the scope of the favorable retroactivity calculation. This decision, based on Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, is obligatory for the courts that referred the matter and for other courts facing similar issues.

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art.6 din Codul penal, art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală; Binding interpretation: Exclusion of mandatory penalty increases for continued offenses from statutory maximum under more favorable criminal law: The dispute arose from referrals by two appellate courts regarding whether, for continued offenses (*infracţiuni continuate*), the statutory maximum under the new law includes the mandatory penalty increase applicable to such forms of legal unity of offenses. The Court ruled that the "special maximum provided by the new law for the committed offense" refers strictly to the base statutory maximum for the offense itself, excluding the additional penalty increment prescribed for the continued nature of the crime, thereby limiting the scope of the favorable retroactivity calculation. This decision, based on Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, is obligatory for the courts that referred the matter and for other courts facing similar issues.

Keywords

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maximum penalty statutory limits criminal offense interpretation of a judgment retroactivity of a law mandatory nature

Cited Legislation

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art.6 din Codul penal
The substantive legal basis cited in the decision to define the scope of the more favorable law regarding the maximum penalty for continued offenses.
art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală
The procedural rule establishing the binding nature of the court's decision on the referring courts.
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ICCJ_87051
Criminal sentence reduction under new Penal Code: exclusion of guilt admission bonus from statutory maximum comparison

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art.6 din Codul penal

The substantive legal basis cited in the decision to define the scope of the more favorable law regarding the maximum penalty for continued offenses.

art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală

The procedural rule establishing the binding nature of the court's decision on the referring courts.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE Şl JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept în materie penală

Minuta deciziei nr. 7 Dosar nr. 8/1/2014/HP/P

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Oradea - Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori prin încheierea din data de 13 martie 2014 în dosarul nr.550/111/2014 şi sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Bucureşti - Secţia I penală, prin încheierea din data de 17 martie 2014 în dosarul nr.252/98/2014 (833/2014), în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea în principiu a problemei de drept dacă în aplicarea legii penale mai favorabile/potrivit art.6 din Noul Cod penal, în cazul infracţiunilor continuate, prin sintagma „maxim special prevăzut de legea nouă pentru infracţiunea săvârşită" se înţelege, maximul pedepsei prevăzut de lege pentru infracţiunea săvârşită, sau şi sporul facultativ prevăzut de aceeaşi lege pentru sancţionarea acestei forme a unităţii legale de infracţiune şi stabileşte:

În aplicarea legii penale mai favorabile, potrivit art.6 din Codul penal, în cazul infracţiunilor continuate, prin sintagma „maxim special prevăzut de legea nouă pentru infracţiunea săvârşită" se înţelege maximul special prevăzut de lege pentru infracţiune, fără luarea în considerare a cauzei de majorare a pedepsei prevăzută pentru infracţiunea continuată.

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

Pronunţată în şedinţă publică, azi 26 mai 2014.