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II Ko 245/16 AI generated

Court orders retrial due to district court holding regular trial without defendant under wrong simplified procedure rules.

Case Number II Ko 245/16
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted

Legislator summary

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The District Court in Zduńska Woli ordered a retrial and vacated its final judgment from 2013. The court found that the lower court incorrectly applied simplified procedure rules to a regular criminal trial held without the defendant's presence. The appellate court ruled that this procedural error violated mandatory attendance requirements for regular trials, necessitating a new trial.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 439 § 1 pkt 11 k.p.k.; Art. 479 § 1 k.p.k.; Art. 542 § 3 k.p.k.: A criminal trial conducted under regular procedure without the accused constitutes a fundamental procedural error requiring a retrial, as simplified procedure rules do not apply to regular proceedings.

Keywords

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procedural error regular trial simplified procedure mandatory attendance retrial order defendant absence Kodeks postępowania karnego

Cited Legislation

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Art. 542 § 3 k.p.k.
Art. 439 § 1 k.p.k.
Art. 484 § 1 k.p.k.
Art. 479 § 1 k.p.k.
Art. 374 k.p.k.
art. 542 § 3 k.p.k
art. 547 § 2 k.p.k
art. 209 k.k
art. 439 § 1 k.p.k
art. 484 § 1 k.p.k

Cited Case Law

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Wyrok Sądu Najwyższego z dnia 04 lutego 2009 r. sygn. akt V KK 331/08
V KK 331/08

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