II Ka 653/22 AI generated

Appeal dismissed; first-instance conviction upheld; defendant exempted from costs due to poverty and substitute imprisonment.

Case Number II Ka 653/22

Court / Authority Sąd powszechny

Jurisdiction

Poland (PL)

Decision Date 2022-11-15

Outcome Dismissed

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Legislator summary

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The Court of Appeal dismissed the defense's appeal against the first-instance conviction for attempted theft and upheld the original judgment. The defendant argued procedural errors and factual mistakes, but the court found no grounds to overturn the ruling. Consequently, the court exempted the defendant from court costs due to his poverty and the imposition of substitute imprisonment.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 438 k.p.k.; Art. 634 k.p.k.: An appeal is dismissed when the first-instance judgment is substantively correct, and a defendant's financial inability combined with a sentence of substitute imprisonment exempts them from bearing court costs.

Keywords

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criminal appeal procedure substitute imprisonment court costs exemption poverty assessment attempted theft conviction

Cited Legislation

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Art. 29 ust. 1 Prawo o adwokaturze

§ 17 ust. 2 pkt 4 Rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 03 października 2016 r.

art. 634 k.p.k.

art. 624 § 1 k.p.k.

art. 17 ust. 1 i 2 ustawy o opłatach w sprawach karnych

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

Cited Case Law

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