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IV Ka 405/14 AI generated

Appeal dismissed; court upheld traffic violation conviction based on reliable witness testimony regarding red light running.

Case Number IV Ka 405/14
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Jurisdiction Poland (PL)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The appellate court dismissed the defendant's appeal against a conviction for running a red light and upheld the original sentence. The defendant argued that the witness testimony was unreliable and that the officer's intervention was questionable, but the court found the witness's account consistent and logical. Consequently, the court determined the first-instance judgment was factually and legally sound, rejecting the appeal as merely polemical.

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Art. 92 § 1 k.w.; § 98 ust. 2 pkt 2 Rozporządzenia Ministra Infrastruktury; The appellate court must fully review the first-instance judgment, and a conviction based on reliable, consistent witness testimony regarding a traffic violation stands unless there are rational grounds to doubt the evidence or the sentence is disproportionately severe.

Keywords

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traffic violation conviction red light running witness testimony reliability appellate review standard police officer intervention procedural error criminal fine

Cited Legislation

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§ 3 rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 10 października 2001 roku w sprawie wysokości zryczałtowanych wydatków postępowania oraz wysokości opłaty za wniesienie wniosku o wznowienie postępowania w sprawach o wykroczenia
art. 21 pkt 2 w zw. z art. 3 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 23 czerwca 1973 roku o opłatach w sprawach karnych
art. 5 § 2 k.p.k
art. 8 k.p
art. 7 k.p.k

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