II K 360/23
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Court convicted thief of theft and ordered full restitution, applying older law due to its greater leniency for the defendant.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court convicted the defendant of theft and sentenced him to one year of imprisonment while ordering full restitution of the stolen goods' value. The prosecution alleged repeated thefts committed within five years of a prior sentence, constituting recidivism. The court found the facts proven but applied the law in force at the time of the crime rather than the current law because the older statute was deemed more lenient for the accused.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 4 § 1 k.k.; Art. 278 § 1 k.k.; When a new law is more lenient than the old one, the court must apply the law in force at the time of the crime if it offers a more favorable assessment of criminal responsibility or less severe sanctions.
Keywords
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recidivism
theft
principle of lenity
choice of law
restitution
criminal liability
statutory comparison
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 4 § 1 k.k.
Art. 278 § 1 k.k.
Art. 12 § 2 k.k.
Art. 64 § 1 k.k.
Art. 46 § 1 k.k.
Art. 624 § 1 k.p.k.
art. 387 k.p.k
Cited Case Law
AI generatedSN z dnia 12 marca 1996 r., I KZP 2/96, OSNKW 1996, nr 3-4, poz. 16
SN z dnia 3 grudnia 2001 r., V KKN 67/01, OSNKW 2002, nr 5-6, poz. 36
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