Chronological order

07.12.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-259/2023 Termination of criminal proceedings in the cassation instance court if the accused has died after the cassation complaint has been submitted

06.12.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-10/2023 Determination of different factual circumstances of the criminal offence within the meaning of Paragraph three of Section 455 the Criminal Procedure Law; Criminal liability for use of and exceeding authority in bad faith for the purpose of acquiring property, if the criminal offence has been conducted until 31 March 2013; The role of the organizer and the instigator in the commitment of a criminal offence; Laundering of the proceeds from crime

30.11.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-462/2023 Conducting of a criminal offence by a group of persons as a feature of the constituent elements of the criminal offence provided for in Paragraph three of Section 125 of the Criminal Law

28.11.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-515/2023 The right to testify to the extent of one’s choice; Finding of the aggravating circumstance – the criminal offence was committed under the influence of narcotic substances – provided for in Paragraph 1(12) of Section 48 of the Criminal Law, if an administrative penalty has been imposed to the accused for the unauthorised use of narcotic substances

23.11.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-449/2023 The limits of the rights of a prosecutor to submit and maintain an application regarding a recovery of compensation

16.11.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-443/2023 The duty of the court to access whether the accused may not be found guilty of committing another criminal offense if the composition of the incriminated criminal offense has not been established

14.11.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-128/2023 The using as evidence of testimonies given by a person under the influence of alcohol and the assessment of their credibility

13.11.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-63/2023 Evaluation of the legality of several special investigation experiments conducted in a one criminal proceeding

17.10.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-90/2023 Use as evidence of information on facts obtained during the operational wiretapping of conversations when a less serious crime, for the detection of which this special method operational activity was accepted, has been reclassified as a criminal violation; Conditions for the use as evidence of information on facts obtained in operational activities

13.10.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-322/2023 Trial of the case in oral proceedings as an element of a fair trial; Application of Paragraph four of Section 52 of the Criminal Law

03.10.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-93/2023 Types of manifestation of the objective side of the ensuring person the possibility to reside illegally in the Republic of Latvia (Section 285.1 of the Criminal Law)

28.09.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-131/2023 Inter-temporal application of Paragraph two of Section 318 of the Criminal Law

28.09.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-411/2023 The basic form of the trial of a case in the appellate instance court – oral procedure

14.09.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-J-469/2023 Renewal of criminal proceedings in connection with newly disclosed circumstance – unjustified registration of the fact of the accused’s death

14.09.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-89/2023 Inspection of the vehicle during the control of the movement of goods across the state border

12.09.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-220/2023 Scope of examination of the issue of recognition of property as criminally acquired

12.09.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-61/2023 Criminal liability for unauthorized reproduction of a computer program

31.08.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-43/2023 Qualification of acts committed in joint participation if the person encouraged another person to commit a criminal offence and organised the commission of this criminal offence

11.07.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-57/2023 Restriction to challenge a court finding regarding violation of the accused’s rights to completion of criminal proceedings within a reasonable time

07.07.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-343/2023 Consequences of the partial withdrawal of the application for compensation; Recording of a telephone conversation with a smartphone as evidence

06.07.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-71/2023 The victim’s objections to the amount of compensation for harm as an obstacle to approve the concluded agreement on the admission of guilt and the sentence

05.07.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-227/2023 Impact of a settlement on the amount of punishment to be determined; Right of a defence counsel to submit objections against a trial of a case in written procedure in the appellate instance court

21.06.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-14/2023 Evaluation of the legality of the operational wiretapping to be carried out in a special manner; Evaluation of the legality of obtaining voice samples

15.06.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-229/2023 The right of the appellate instance court to try a case in a written procedure

13.06.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-204/2023 Handling of the original of a document which is obtained from a civil case for an expert examination in criminal proceedings

31.05.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-27/2023 Application of the mandatory additional punishment provided for in the sanction of Paragraph one of Section 250 of the Criminal Law to the joint participant who does not have the characteristics of a special subject

26.05.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-177/2023 Finding of the mitigating circumstance – the offender has facilitated the disclosure of a crime of another person

17.05.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-145/2023 Infringement of the principle of the presumption of innocence

17.05.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-40/2023 Prosecution of a person for offence for which disciplinary punishment has been imposed to him/her

02.05.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-106/2023 Extent of a justification of the ruling

28.04.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-121/2023 Movement of a psychotropic substance across the state border of the Republic of Latvia in a postal item; Unauthorised acquisition and storage of psychotropic substance for the purpose of disposal

27.04.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-139/2023 Determining the content of the intent of the guilty person distinguishing attempted murder from intentional serious bodily harm

19.04.2023. Decision of the judge of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-292/2023 The state of health of the accused as a justified reason for not appearing at the court hearing

13.04.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-33/2023 Subjective side of the criminal offence provided for in Section 114 (Destruction and damaging of special areas of protection) of the Criminal Law

06.04.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-23/2023 Using official position in bad faith as a mean of stealing another’s property

05.04.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-60/2023 Recovery of the value of the object of a criminal offence belonging to another person; The limits of the proceedings before the cassation instance court where the appellate instance court has not ruled on the recovery of the value of the object of an offence belonging to another person and the prosecutor has not lodged a cassation protest on that point

04.04.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-94/2023 Recidivism of criminal offences; Addition of additional punishments – deprivation of the driver’s licence – after several judgments

23.03.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-25/2023 Legal presumption of a fact relating to copyright infringement; Balancing of the releasing of an accused from criminal liability, when the violation of the right to completion of the criminal proceedings within a reasonable time have been find, with the public interests

22.03.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-24/2023 Reinforcement of a punishment in the appellate instance court when reviewing a case de novo, if the cassation instance court has revoked a ruling of the appellate instance court due to violation of Section 566 of the Criminal Procedure Law; Ensuring of the right to a fair trial when deciding a request of a person involved in criminal proceedings to determine an expert-examination

03.03.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-5/2023 Partial admission of guilt and repentance is not a mitigating circumstance within the meaning of Paragraph two of Section 47 of the Criminal Law

28.02.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-41/2023 Evaluation of rule of law of special investigative experiment; Evaluation of provocation

21.02.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-6/2023 Examination of a case in a written procedure in accordance with Paragraph 1 Section 12 of the Law on management of the spread of COVID-19 infection; Assessment of the admissibility of written procedure in a court trying a case on the merits; Consent of the accused not to conduct a verification of evidence

06.02.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-36/2023 Bad faith in evasion of tax payments in the form of failure to act

01.02.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-1/2023 Laundering of savings from declaring a fictitious transaction; Subjective side of a criminal offence provided for in Section 195 of the Criminal Law; Evasion of value added tax where an undertaking carrying out a real economic activity has entered into fictitious transactions and has indicated in value added tax returns the deductible amounts in respect of those transactions; Fictitious value added tax return as the subject of the offence provided for in Section 275 of the Criminal Law

31.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-116/2023 Right of a court to release a person from criminal liability when a minor misdemeanour has been committed; Theft of an animal

31.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-J-166/2023 Determination of a final punishment in accordance with Paragraph 5 Section 50 of the Criminal Law

31.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-J-20/2023 Examination of the abridged judgment in accordance with Chapter 63 of the Criminal Procedure Law; Illegal alcoholic beverages as the object of excise tax and obligation to compensate the damage caused to the state by the criminal offence

31.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-86/2023 Application of a basic punishment – probationary supervision

26.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-37/2023 Imposition of a punishment – deprivation of liberty – to a person with severe level functioning limitations; Application of community service to the person with a disability

19.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-12/2023 Trial of a criminal case without the participation of an accused if the accusation is amended; Abetment of the evasion of tax payments and payments equivalent thereto

19.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-65/2023 Application of Clause 6 of Transitive Provisions of the Law of 13th December 2012 „Amendments to the Criminal Law”

13.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-125/2023 Movement of a narcotic or psychotropic substance across the state border of the Republic of Latvia via courier

10.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-3/2023 Triggering of national hatred or enmity; The opinion of the Ombudsman as a proof

10.01.2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-34/2023 Accepting of a bribe following the request thereof, by a group of persons according to a prior agreement

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[A]/2023 Assessment of the request made by the accused in the appellate complaint

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[B]/2023 Misappropriation in a large scale as a continuous criminal offence

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[C]/2023 Change of the type of adjudication of a case from oral to written procedure during trial as a violation of the right to a fair trial

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[D]/2023 Criminal offence provided for in Section 85 (Espionage) of the Criminal Law (in the wording of the Law until 10 May 2016); Owner of property infringed during criminal proceedings; Obligation to assess a possible violation of the rights to the completion of criminal proceedings within a reasonable time; Prohibition on the defence’s access to materials of operational activities which are not appended to the criminal case and are related to the subject of evidence

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[E]/2023 Delimitation of extortion from robbery

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[F]/2023 The importance of dealing with property in the qualification of misappropriation; Misappropriation of the property of an insolvent legal person by the administrator of insolvency proceedings

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[G]/2023 Cassation complaint of the defence counsel; The content of the descriptive and reasoned part of the judgment; Laundering of the proceeds from crime

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[H]/2023 Assessment of a nature of the criminal offence when determining the punishment for espionage

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[I]/2023 Right of the sentenced person’s spouse to challenge the validity of the recovery if immovable property acquired during the marriage and entered in the land register in the name of the convicted person is the subject of the confiscation of property

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[J]/2023 Release from criminal liability when the violation of the rights to the completion of criminal proceedings within a reasonable time has been found

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[K]/2023 Unjustified recovery from the accused of expenditures related to the expert-examination performed to determine the influence of alcohol; Application for compensation for moral injury is victim`s personal claim

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[L]/2023 Necessity to assess information relating to the state of health when a person is sentenced and released from the serving of punishment in accordance with Paragraph five of Section 59 of the Criminal Law

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[M]/2023 The recovery of compensation for a harm from a minor to whom a compulsory measure of a medical nature has been imposed

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[N]/2023 Criminal liability for a violation of labour protection (Section 146 of the Criminal Law)

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[O]/2023 Juvenility (when a person has not attained fourteen years of age) as a feature of the state of helplessness of a victim within the meaning of Section 160 (Sexual Violence) of the Criminal Law

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[P]/2023 Application from the person to whom harm has been inflicted as a reason for the initiation of criminal proceedings within the meaning of Paragraph 2 of Section 7 of the Criminal Procedure Law; Joint liability for the caused harm; Application of the theory of equivalence or conditions in establishing of causation

2023. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[R]/2023 Application of the provisions of Section 55 of the Criminal Law if the minor to whom a suspended sentence has been imposed commits a new criminal offense during the period of probation; Imposition of the additional punishment – probationary supervision – for a criminal offence committed before December 31, 2021