II AKa 479/21
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Appeal court partially allowed defense appeal, reducing combined sentence via absorption principle for similar crimes.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe appellate court partially upheld the first-instance judgment by modifying the combined sentence for the defendant. The defense argued for a reduction in the total penalty due to the similarity and temporal proximity of the two charged offenses. The court agreed that the long interval between crimes justified applying an absorption-like principle to lower the combined sentence from the original amount.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 85 § 1 kk; Art. 86 § 1 kk: When two crimes are similar and committed in close temporal proximity, the court may combine the sentences using a principle of absorption to ensure proportionality.
Keywords
AI generated
combined sentence
absorption principle
proportionality of penalty
similar crimes
temporal proximity
criminal appeal
reduction of sentence
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 85 § 1 kk
Art. 86 § 1 kk
Art. 63 § 1 kk
Art. 32 ust. 1 Konstytucji RP
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. 437 § 2 k.p.k
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