II K 512/22
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Court applies older drug law to defendant due to its greater leniency compared to current statute.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court sentenced the defendant for drug possession and trafficking while applying the law in force at the time of the crimes rather than the current statute. The prosecution argued for the new law, but the defense contended for the older version based on the principle of lenity. The court ruled that the older law was more favorable to the defendant regarding sentencing rules and thus applied it.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 4 § 1 k.k.; Art. 62 ust. 1 u.p.n.; Art. 59 ust. 1 u.p.n.; When a new law is in force at the time of judgment but differs from the law at the time of the crime, the court must apply the older law if it is more lenient towards the offender.
Keywords
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principle of lenity
retroactivity of law
drug trafficking
possession of psychotropics
favorable retroactivity
statutory comparison
criminal sentencing
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 4 § 1 k.k.
Art. 62 ust. 1 u.p.n.
Art. 59 ust. 1 u.p.n.
art. 387 k.p.k
Cited Case Law
AI generateduchwała SN z dnia 12 marca 1996 r., I KZP 2/96
postanowienie SN z dnia 3 grudnia 2001 r., V KKN 67/01
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