IX Ka 586/15
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Court dismisses appeal and quashes sentence due to expiration of prosecution time limits for the traffic offense.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe District Court in Kielce quashed the first-instance verdict and ordered the proceedings to be discontinued due to the expiration of the prosecution time limit. The defendant appealed a conviction for a traffic offense, arguing procedural errors and factual inaccuracies regarding the timing of the incident. The appellate court rejected these arguments, holding that the offense committed in March 2013 had become time-barred by March 2015 under the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 45 § 1 k.w.; Art. 5 § 1 pkt. 4 k.p.w.; Art. 104 § 1 pkt. 7 k.p.w.: If the prosecution time limit for an offense has expired, the court must quash the judgment and discontinue the proceedings.
Keywords
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expiration of prosecution time limit
traffic offense conviction
quashing of judgment
discontinuation of proceedings
statute of limitations
Code of Criminal Procedure
procedural bar
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 45 § 1 k.w.
Art. 5 § 1 pkt. 4 k.p.w.
Art. 104 § 1 pkt. 7 k.p.w.
Art. 437 § 1 k.p.k.
Art. 456 k.p.k.
Art. 109 § 2 k.p.w.
Art. 626 § 1 k.p.k.
Art. 634 k.p.k.
Art. 632 pkt. 2 k.p.k.
art. 119 k.p