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KKO 4367/1995 KI-generiert

Judge previously convicted defendant cannot act as defense counsel in related criminal cases due to conflict of interest.

Geschäftsnummer KKO 4367/1995
Gericht / Behörde
Rechtsordnung Finnland (FI)
Entscheiddatum
Ausgang Abgewiesen (Dismissed)
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Legislator-Zusammenfassung

KI-generiert

The Supreme Court dismissed the objection regarding a judge's eligibility to serve as defense counsel in a subsequent criminal case involving the same defendant. The court found that the judge had previously sentenced the defendant to imprisonment in a related matter, creating a direct conflict of interest under the Code of Judicial Conduct. Consequently, the judge was deemed unable to impartially represent the defendant's interests in the new proceedings.

Legislator-Regeste

KI-generiert

Section 3, paragraph 3 of Chapter 15 of the Code of Judicial Conduct; A judge who has previously sentenced a defendant to imprisonment is precluded from acting as defense counsel in subsequent criminal proceedings involving that same defendant due to the inherent conflict of interest.

Schlagwörter

KI-generiert
judicial conflict of interest defense counsel eligibility Code of Judicial Conduct impartiality requirement prior sentencing impact paulianische Anfechtungsklage nachträglicher Vorbehalt Rechtsnachfolgerhaftung

Zitierte Gesetzesbestimmungen

KI-generiert
Section 3, paragraph 3 of Chapter 15 of the Code of Judicial Conduct
KI-generiert
kko-other_2021_1902
Supreme Court allows prior sentence consideration under Criminal Code s. 6.3 when new sentence is longer.
kko-other_1999_3482
Supreme Court allows reduction of sentence for prior conviction under Criminal Code Chapter 7 Section 6.
appeal_1983_helsinki__712
Court combined two suspended sentences and added a supplementary fine to the earlier one.
ECLI:FI:KKO:2025:5
Supreme Court allows prior foreign and domestic prison terms to count as sufficient punishment for new crimes.
kko-precedent_2004_130
Supreme Court allows sentence reduction only for prior life terms that could have been tried together with the current charge.

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Volltext

A oli toiminut tuomarina rikosasiassa, jossa B oli tuomittu vankeusrangaistukseen. Kysymys siitä, oliko A tällä perusteella esteellinen toimimaan myöhemmin B:n oikeudenkäyntiavustajana toisessa rikosasiassa, jossa tuli rikoslain 7 luvun 6 §:n nojalla määrättäväksi yhteinen vankeusrangaistus sekä siinä että aikaisemmassa asiassa B:n syyksi luetuista rikoksista.

OK 15 luku 3 § 3 mom