Court partially allows appeal by correcting legal qualification and sentencing basis under pre-2015 Criminal Code provisions.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Court of Appeal partially modified the lower court's judgment regarding four defendants, specifically altering the legal qualification and sentencing basis for E.H., D.R., H.T., and B.J. The defense argued for a change in the legal characterization of their acts and the statutory basis for combined penalties and business bans. The court agreed to amend the legal qualification to include Article 4 of the Criminal Code using the version effective before July 1, 2015, and to restate the specific articles serving as the foundation for the imposed penalties and restrictions.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 438 pkt 1 k.p.k.; Art. 438 pkt 1a k.p.k.; Art. 438 pkt 2 k.p.k.: The court may change a judgment if the lower court erred in the legal qualification of the act or in the application of the law, provided the error affected the content of the ruling.