II Ka 85/16
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Court upheld first-instance sentence for assault and threats, rejecting appeal on proportionality grounds.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Court of Appeal dismissed the defendant's appeal, upholding the first-instance judgment of four months' imprisonment for assault and threats. The court found the lower court's assessment of social harm correct and the sentence proportionate to the defendant's guilt and statutory minimums. Consequently, the appeal was declared groundless, and the defendant was ordered to pay court costs.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 437 § 1 k.p.k.; Art. 53 k.k.; The appellate court must uphold a first-instance sentence if the assessment of social harm is correct and the penalty is not glaringly disproportionate, even if the defendant argues for a different calculation.
Keywords
AI generated
proportionality of sentence
assault and threats
appellate review standard
social harm assessment
court costs allocation
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 437 § 1 k.p.k.
Art. 53 k.k.
Art. 636 § 1 k.p.k.
Art. 69 § 1 k.k.
Art. 70 § 1 pkt 1 k.k.
Art. 73 § 1 k.k.
Art. 85 k.k.
Art. 86 § 1 k.k.
Art. 33 § 1 k.k.
art. 193 k.k
Cited Case Law
AI generatedOSNPG 1974 / 3-4 / 51
OSNPK 1995 / 6 / 18