RIGHTS TO DEFENSE AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY UNDER ART. 233 § 1A K.K. – OBSERVATIONS THROUGH THE PRISM OF SELECTED DECISIONS OF COURTS OF FIRST AND SECOND INSTANCE Cover Image

PRAWO DO OBRONY A ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚĆ KARNA Z ART. 233 § 1A K.K. – UWAGI PRZEZ PRYZMAT WYBRANYCH ORZECZEŃ SĄDÓW PIERWSZEJ I DRUGIEJ INSTANCJI
RIGHTS TO DEFENSE AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY UNDER ART. 233 § 1A K.K. – OBSERVATIONS THROUGH THE PRISM OF SELECTED DECISIONS OF COURTS OF FIRST AND SECOND INSTANCE

Author(s): Tomasz Szczygieł
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology, Penal Policy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: right to defense; false testimony; circumstance excluding the criminal responsibility;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the practice of law enforcement authorities and courts in the interpretation and application of Art. 233 § 1a k.k. The article points to discrepancies in the scope of the rights of defense following the 2016 amendment. What is more important, the work emphasises that this heterogeneity translates into relativism of criminal liability according to the views of a particular authority on the understanding of Art. 233 § 1a of the k.k. Law enforcement authorities, as well as courts on the same appeal, often present different view of the issue. The work also draws attention to the increasing phenomenon of violations of Art. 313 k.p.k., in connection with the content of Art. 233 § 1a k.k., which in some cases becomes an instrument for verifying the truthfulness of suspects questioned as witnesses. The article also draws attention to the increase in criminalisation of secondary criminal liability under Art. 233 § 1a k.k., for the offence originally committed.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 254-276
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish