VI Ka 111/21
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Court partially quashes sentence for excessive penalty, remands for new trial on specific charges while upholding others.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe appellate court partially quashed the first-instance judgment regarding the defendant M.G. due to the prosecutor's appeal on excessive sentencing. The court found the penalty for certain charges to be grossly disproportionate but upheld the conviction and sentence for other charges. Consequently, the proceedings were remanded for a new trial only on the specific charges where the penalty was deemed excessive.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 438 pkt. 4 k.p.k.; Art. 437 § 2 k.p.k.: When a sentence is grossly disproportionate, the appellate court may quash the judgment in that part and remit the case for a new trial on those specific charges, while leaving the remainder of the judgment in force.
Keywords
AI generated
excessive penalty
gross disproportionality
partial quashing
remittal for retrial
proportionality principle
appellate review
criminal procedure
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 438 pkt. 4 k.p.k.
Art. 437 § 2 k.p.k.
Art. 632 pkt. 2 k.p.k.
Art. 634 k.p.k.
art. 438 pkt 1 k.p.k
art. 438 pkt 2 k.p.k
art. 438 pkt 3 k.p.k
art. 438 pkt 4 k.p.k
art. 439 k.p.k
art. 436 k.p.k
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