Cassation Court annuls GIP order for procedural stasis due to abnormity affecting property already returned in civil court.
Sintesi Legislator
Generato dall'IAThe Court of Cassation annulled the GIP's order which referred a property dispute to the civil judge, finding it procedurally abnormal. The Ministry of the Interior argued this caused a complete standstill in the criminal proceedings regarding seized sculptures. The Court ruled that since the property had already been legally returned in a 2011 civil judgment, the criminal judge lacked authority to re-open the matter, creating a structural and functional abnormity.
Regesto Legislator
Generato dall'IAArt. 263, comma 3, cod. proc. pen.; Art. 253, cod. proc. pen.: A criminal judge's order referring a matter to the civil court is valid only if the civil issue remains open; an order referring a matter already definitively resolved in civil court constitutes a structural and functional abnormity warranting annulment.