VI Ka 618/24
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Criminal appeal partially allowed; sentence reduced due to excessive severity and procedural errors.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Court of Appeal partially granted the defense's appeal, reducing the combined prison sentence from five years to four years and six months. The defendant argued the original judgment suffered from excessive severity and procedural flaws under the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court accepted the claim of disproportionate punishment and upheld the conviction while modifying the penalty.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 438 pkt 4 k.p.k.; Art. 624 § 1 k.p.k.; Art. 634 k.p.k.: The court may reduce a sentence if the original penalty is excessively severe or if procedural errors affected the judgment's substance.
Keywords
AI generated
excessive severity
procedural error
combined sentence
criminal appeal
Code of Criminal Procedure
proportionality principle
reduction of penalty
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 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. 624 § 1 k.p.k.
Art. 634 k.p.k.
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
Cited Case Law
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IV Ka 323/25
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Appeal against excessive sentence dismissed; court upheld original sentence and awarded defense costs.