II Ka 345/23
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Criminal appeal dismissed; defendant's defense of procedural error and excessive penalty rejected by appellate court.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe appellate court dismissed the defendant's appeal against the first-instance conviction for theft. The defense argued that the trial court erred in procedure and imposed an excessively harsh penalty, but the court found no grounds to overturn the judgment. Consequently, the original verdict was upheld, and the defendant was ordered to pay the prosecution's legal costs and court fees.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 438 k.p.k.; Art. 636 k.p.k.: An appeal based on alleged procedural errors or excessive sentencing will be rejected if the appellate court finds no impact on the verdict's substance or if the penalty is not disproportionately severe.
Keywords
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criminal appeal
procedural error
excessive penalty
theft conviction
legal costs
appellate review
dismissed appeal
Cited Legislation
AI generatedart. 636 § 1 k.p.k.
art. 8 ust. 1 pkt 1 Ustawy z dnia 23 czerwca 1973 r. o opłatach w sprawach karnych
§ 1 Rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 18 czerwca 2003 r. w sprawie wysokości i sposobu obliczania wydatków Skarbu Państwa w postępowaniu karnym
§ 11 ust. 2 pkt 4 w zw. z ust. 7 Rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 22 października 2015 r. w sprawie opłat za czynności adwokackie
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. 17 § 1 pkt 10 k.p.k
Cited Case Law
AI generatedRelated Decisions
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X Ka 1004/24
Criminal appeal dismissed; lower court sentence upheld; defense and accused appeal rejected on procedural grounds.
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Court partially allowed appeal, increasing public fines for tax evasion while dismissing procedural and proportionality claims.
VII Ka 700/25
Appeal dismissed; court upheld first-instance conviction for attempted murder due to lack of procedural errors.
IV Ka 494/20
Appeal dismissed; court upheld first-instance conviction and ordered defendant to pay appeal costs.