Court combined multiple prison sentences under old law, applying lenient conversion rules for mixed penalties.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court issued a joint judgment combining nine prior convictions into a single total sentence of two years and six months imprisonment. The defendant argued for specific sentencing calculations, but the court applied the pre-2020 Criminal Code to allow the combination of liberty and restriction penalties. Consequently, the court determined that the defendant could not benefit from the new law's stricter rules regarding mixed penalty combinations.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 85 k.k.; Art. 86 § 1 k.k.; Art. 87 § 1 k.k.: The court must apply the law in force at the time of the first judgment to combine penalties, and when combining liberty and restriction penalties, the conversion rate of one month of liberty to two months of restriction applies without exceptions.