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Judicial technical expert status as civil servant under Penal Code Art. 175

Case Number ICCJ_87062
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice resolved a referral from the Craiova Court of Appeal, establishing as a binding interpretation that a judicial technical expert is classified as a civil servant under Article 175, paragraph (2), first sentence, of the Penal Code, rather than under paragraph (1). The dispute arose from a need to clarify the status of judicial technical experts for the purpose of applying criminal provisions related to public officials. By determining the specific sub-paragraph governing this category, the Court provided a definitive legal standard for future cases involving the criminal liability or status of such experts, with the decision becoming mandatory upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Legislator headnote

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art. 175 alin. (2) teza întâi din Codul penal, art. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală; Judicial technical expert status as civil servant under Penal Code Art. 175: The dispute arose from a need to clarify the status of judicial technical experts for the purpose of applying criminal provisions related to public officials. By determining the specific sub-paragraph governing this category, the Court provided a definitive legal standard for future cases involving the criminal liability or status of such experts, with the decision becoming mandatory upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Keywords

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public legal official civil servant civil status liability of public officials criminal sentence judicial law

Cited Legislation

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art. 175 alin. (2) teza întâi din Codul penal
Primary legal basis cited in the dispositive to establish that a judicial technical expert qualifies as a civil servant.
art. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală
Procedural rule cited to determine that the decision is mandatory from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
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ICCJ_87057
Classification of judicial technical experts as public officials for penal liability purposes under Article 175(2) of the Penal Code
ICCJ_87085
Judicial technical expert status as public official under Penal Code Art. 175(2) vs. Art. 175(1)
Decizia nr. 4325/2012
Ex officio suspension of judicial expert's professional rights upon initiation of criminal proceedings for corruption offenses
Decizia nr. 1507/2019
Scope of judicial expert status: implicit vs. explicit acquisition of extrajudicial expert certification under Government Ordinance No. 2/2000
Decizia nr. 4536/2010
Judicial expert criminal liability for failure to recuse based on spousal employment relationship in underlying civil litigation

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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art. 175 alin. (2) teza întâi din Codul penal

Primary legal basis cited in the dispositive to establish that a judicial technical expert qualifies as a civil servant.

art. 477 alin. 3 din Codul de procedură penală

Procedural rule cited to determine that the decision is mandatory from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAJIE Şl JUSTIŢIE

COMPLETUL PENTRU DEZLEGAREA UNOR CHESTIUNI DE DREPT ÎN MATERIE PENALĂ

Minuta deciziei nr.20 Dosar 22/1/2014/HP/P

Şedinţa din data de 29 septembrie 2014

ÎN NUMELE LEGII DECIDE:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Craiova - Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori, în dosarul nr. 1373/95/2014, prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile în vederea rezolvării de principiu a modalităţii de interpretare a dispoziţiilor art. 175 alin. (1) şi (2) din Codul penal privind funcţionarii publici, respectiv, dacă expertul tehnic judiciar este funcţionar public în sensul alin. (1) ori alin. (2).

Stabileşte că expertul tehnic judiciar este funcţionar public în conformitate cu dispoziţiile art. 175 alin. (2) teza întâi din Codul penal.

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, 29 septembrie 2014.