CONFERENCEhttps://doi.org/10.22364/juzk.83.37 | 337-345 | PDF
Kriminālprocesa likuma 455. panta ceturtā daļa, aktualitātes un izaicinājumi tiesu praksē
Paragraph 4 of Article 455 of Criminal Procedure Law, Relevance and Challenges in Court Practice
Oskars Kulmanis, Ph. D.
Latvijas Universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes
Krimināltiesisko zinātņu katedras pasniedzējs
Summary
The article is dedicated to the right of the court, enshrined in paragraph 4 of Article of 455 the Criminal Procedure Law, to legitimately deteriorate the situation of the accused. The purpose of this article is to examine the substance of paragraph 4 of Article 455 of the Criminal Procedure Law and the possibilities of that institute in the framework of the fundamental principles of criminal proceedings. The author examines the principles arising from a fair trial, equality of arms, reformatio in peius, an element of the rights of the defence, the right to be informed, and the function of upholding the prosecution and adjudicating. The application of provision set in paragraph 4 of Article 455 of the Criminal Procedure Law may lead to a conflict between those principles and functions. The article therefore focuses on the content of each of the principles and functions named, as well as the interaction between the functions of defence, prosecution and judiciary.
The article has been developed by examining the national and international court practice, as well as using the concretization of aforementioned fundamental principles and the resolution of their collision.
Atslēgvārdi: taisnīga tiesa, pušu līdztiesība, tiesas spriešana, apsūdzētās personas stāvokļa likumīga pasliktināšana
Keywords: fair trial, equality of arms, judiciary, lawful deterioration of the position of the accused
Indivīds, tiesības un tiesas: tiesību nozaru perspektīva. Latvijas Universitātes 83. starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences tiesību zinātnes rakstu krājums = Individual, Law, and Courts: Perspectives of Legal Areas. Legal Science Proceedings of the 83rd International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2025. 502 lpp.