II Ka 437/23
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Appeal court upheld drug trafficking sentence and ordered state to pay defense costs.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe appeal court upheld the first-instance sentence for drug trafficking while ordering the state to pay defense costs. The defendant and prosecutor appealed regarding the penalty's proportionality and procedural errors, but the court found no grounds to alter the conviction. Consequently, the judgment was maintained in part, with the state bearing the financial burden of the defense services.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 634 k.p.k.; Art. 624 § 1 k.p.k.: The court may order the state to pay defense costs when the defendant is acquitted or the appeal is dismissed, provided the state assumes the financial responsibility for the defense services rendered.
Keywords
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drug trafficking
proportionality of penalty
state defense costs
public defender
criminal appeal
costs of proceedings
VAT reimbursement
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 634 k.p.k.
Art. 624 § 1 k.p.k.
§ 17 ust. 2 pkt 4 Rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 03 października 2016 r. w sprawie ponoszenia przez Skarb Państwa kosztów nieopłaconej pomocy prawnej
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. 4 k.p.k
art. 53 k.k
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