IV Ka 960/13
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Appeal against absence conviction upheld; psychiatric expert opinion required before sentencing.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Court of Appeal set aside the first-instance conviction for absence and remanded the case for retrial. The defendant argued he was absent due to detention and epilepsy, requesting a lighter sentence and a court-appointed defense lawyer. The court found the first instance procedurally flawed because it failed to order a psychiatric expert opinion as mandated by law when the defendant's mental state was in question.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 42§2 k.p.w.; Art. 21§1 pkt 2 k.p.w.; Art. 71§4 k.p.w.; Where a defendant's mental state is in question, the court must order a psychiatric expert opinion and appoint a defense lawyer ex officio; a conviction based on absence without such assessment is procedurally invalid.
Keywords
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absence conviction
psychiatric expert opinion
court appointed defense
procedural flaw
mental state inquiry
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 42§2 k.p.w.
Art. 21§1 pkt 2 k.p.w.
Art. 71§4 k.p.w.