Chronological order

30.11.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-439/2018 Assessment of evidence; Grounds for rejection of the request regarding the witness to be summoned to the session of the appellate instance court

29.11.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-J-625/2018 Duty of the court to clarify the reason of the refusal of an accused from the defence counsel

15.11.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-428/2018 Objective side of trading with influence; Value of the subject as mandatory feature of corpus delicti of criminal offence provided for in Section 185 (intentional destruction of and damage to property) of the Criminal Law

09.11.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-240/2018 Determination of the value of excisable goods brought into the territory of the Republic of Latvia

06.11.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-643/2018 Not admission of guilt and not using of the right to cooperation shall not be the grounds to impose more severe punishment

25.10.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-57/2018 Distinction of criminal offence provided for in Section 191 (Unauthorised Activities with Goods and Other Valuable Property Subject to Customs Clearance) of the Criminal Law from criminal offence provided for in Section 221 (Illegal Storage, Movement (Transportation) and Disposal of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco Products) of the Criminal Law; Goods subject to customs clearance

16.10.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-320/2018 Competence of the court in the agreement proceedings to send the case to the public prosecutor for elimination of the violation

11.10.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-J-472/2018 Imposition of punishment for several criminal offences according to Paragraph five of Section 50 of the Criminal Law

04.10.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-540/2018 The requirements for assessment of evidence

27.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-536/2018 Application for compensation submitted by the person providing legal assistance to the victim

26.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-465/2018 Distinction of investigatory (operational) detective work from investigatory (operational) experiment

25.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-275/2018 Illegal storage and moving (transportation) of tobacco products

25.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-333/2018 Admissibility and use as evidence of information given by the accused as a witness in another criminal proceedings

19.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-426/2018 Circumstances significant to a fair adjudication of a case and the assessment of them in a court ruling

19.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-477/2018 Determination of the fact of influence of alcohol in criminal proceedings

11.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-255/2018 Guaranteeing of human rights in imposition of punishment of deprivation of liberty to the person with disabilities

06.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-194/2018 Contradictory court ruling on the objective side of criminal offence provided for in Section 185 of the Criminal Law

06.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-420/2018 Determination of the compensation to the victim for costs related to the legal assistance; Inadmissibility of imposing more severe punishment in the appellate instance court, if the victim in the first instance court has agreed to the opinion of the public prosecutor regarding the punishment and there is no submitted appellate protest

06.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-423/2018 The court may not establish different from the accusation factual circumstances of the criminal offence without conducting a verification of evidence

04.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-337/2018 Trial within a reasonable time

03.09.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-413/2018 Conditions for imposing more severe punishment in the appellate instance court

31.08.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-399/2018 Distinction of attempted murder from intentional serious bodily injury; Attempted murder committed due to the fact that victim performed his or her service duties

22.08.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-297/2018 Assessment of evidence is the competence of the court, not of the witnesses

08.08.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-434/2018 Application of suspended sentence

07.08.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-408/2018 Subject of the criminal offence provided for in Section 185 of the Criminal Law (intentional destruction of and damage to property) and determination of the amount of compensation for harm

19.07.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-362/2018 Contradictory ruling of the appellate instance court on intent of the instigator

05.07.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-316/2018 Determination of the composition of criminal offence provided for in Article 78 (Triggering of national, ethnic and racial hatred) of the Criminal Law

04.07.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-274/2018 The right of the appellate instance court to try a case in a written procedure

21.06.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-159/2018 Person who committed evasion of tax payments and payments equivalent thereto

21.06.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-23/2018 Limits of examination of a case in the court of cassation if there is submitted cassation complaint of a victim but no cassation protest

20.06.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-J-133/2018 The duty of the public prosecutor to carry out proceedings for investigation of newly disclosed circumstances

19.06.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-197/2018 Confirmation of friendship request on social networks, in itself, shall not be grounds to recognise the existence of a conflict of interests

19.06.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-J-348/2018 Requirements for assessment of the imposed punishment

14.06.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-15/2018 Consequences of a withdrawal from prosecution

31.05.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-121/2018 Unchangeability of the composition of a court

31.05.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-145/2018 Significance of the material loss in qualification of criminal offence

29.05.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-235/2018 Temporarily left unattended property as a subject of stealing

24.05.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-150/2018 Determination of new circumstances affecting liability in the court of appeal and the possibility of taking them into consideration in imposing a punishment; Exclusion of aggravating circumstances in the court of appeal shall be grounds to reduce the punishment

22.05.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-184/2018 Article 771 (unlawful participation in an armed conflict) and Paragraph 2 of Article 891 (criminal organisation) of the Criminal Law – collision of legal norms or aggregation of criminal offences

11.05.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-149/2018 Determination of the form of guilt is the competence of the court, not of the expert

27.04.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-21/2018 Scope of cassation protest and limits of examination of a case in the court of cassation

25.04.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-168/2018 Admissibility of a new cassation complaint

24.04.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-69/2018 Reliability of testimonies given in court if the accused has refused to testify in pre-trial proceedings

09.04.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-22/2018 Competence of the judge to assess the type of punishment in an agreement proceedings

29.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-20/2018 Evidence obtained by executor of procesual tasks after he has been interrogated as a witness

28.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-13/2018 Determination of the amount of compensation for a moral prejudice

28.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-16/2018 Assessment of the subjective side of criminal offence, expressed as a hate speech, provided for in Article 78 (Triggering of national, ethnic and racial hatred) of the Criminal Law

28.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-49/2018 Forgery of a document if it has been committed by a group of persons according to a prior agreement

23.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-190/2018 Possibility of a settlement in the court of cassation

19.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-J-43/2018 Newly disclosed circumstance – judgment of the Constitutional court with which the legal norm on the basis of which a ruling has entered into effect, with respect to the applicant has been declared invalid as of the moment when the violation of fundamental rights occurred

14.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-94/2018 Intensification of a punishment by determining a fine if the amount of the minimum monthly wage has increased

07.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-7/2018 Participation of a judge in examination of a criminal case in which this judge has previously taken a procedural decision of an organisational nature

01.03.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-50/2018 Recovery from the convicted person of costs related to expertise

27.02.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-119/2018 Disposal of the material evidence shall be indicated in the ruling and substantiated by a concrete legal norm

20.02.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-54/2018 The right of the appellate court acting in the scope of the appellate protest to impose more severe punishment in case where violation of the right to the trial within a reasonable time is established

14.02.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-125/2018 The right of the appellate instance court to impose more severe punishment

09.02.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-5/2018 Unchangeability of the composition of a court

06.02.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-41/2018 Description of proven criminal offence as a constituent part of the judgment of conviction

06.02.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-47/2018 Criminal proceedings lasting several years, in itself, shall not be grounds to recognise that there have been unreasonable delay and therefore violation of the right to the trial within a reasonable time

26.01.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-17/2018 Significant endangerment of the interests of the Republic of Latvia as substantial harm constituting the feature of the offence provided for in Paragraph 1 of Article 2371 of the Criminal Law

16.01.2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-4/2018 The moment when evasion of tax payments and payments equivalent thereto shall be considered completed

2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[A]/2018 Place of the production of a material of pornographic nature by involvement or using of a minor

2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[B]/2018 Imposition of punishment for criminal offences, the exact time of which has not been ascertained in pre-trial criminal proceedings

2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[C]/2018 Mandatory legal aid for a minor victim

2018. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[D]/2018 Detention as security measure to ensure participation of the accused in the appellate instance court proceedings and to prevent unreasonable delay, applyed in the appellate instance court to an accused who has been acquitted by a judgment of the first instance court