Appeal dismissed because court lacks jurisdiction to review sentence shortening under foreign detention conditions.
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AI generatedThe court rejected the application to reopen the judgment, ruling that its competence is strictly limited to questions regarding sentence shortening when the defendant was deprived of liberty abroad. The applicant argued for a broader review, but the court held that such authority exists only for specific scenarios involving foreign detention. Consequently, the request was denied as the court could not address the broader merits of the case.
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AI generatedStraffelovens § 86, stk. 5; The court lacks jurisdiction to review the merits of a sentence shortening request when the defendant was deprived of liberty abroad, as its competence is limited to specific procedural questions regarding such shortening.
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Anmodning om genoptagelse af dom blev ikke taget til følge, idet rettens kompetence efter straffelovens § 86, stk. 5, alene angår spørgsmålet om afkortning i tilfælde af, at den dømte har været frihedsberøvet på anden vis end selve afsoningen i udlandet
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