The power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant's position
Evidence presented during a trial may portray a criminal offence differently than how it was described in the indictment. The same set of facts may require a different legal qualification or newly discovered facts may show that the prosecutor's initial description of events should be different....
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Bar Association of Vojvodina, Novi Sad
2024-01-01
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| description | Evidence presented during a trial may portray a criminal offence differently than how it was described in the indictment. The same set of facts may require a different legal qualification or newly discovered facts may show that the prosecutor's initial description of events should be different. Two potential solutions to this problem exist: the prosecution loses the case or is allowed to modify the charges. In Slovenian criminal procedure, the prosecutor is granted the authority to modify the charge during the trial. This paper focuses on the question of how broad the powers of the Slovenian prosecutor to modify the criminal charge are and how the existence of this power, along with its scope, affects the position of the defence. For that reason, we have examined the decisions of the Slovenian Constitutional Court and ordinary courts. After establishing the extent to which modifications can occur in practice, we highlight potential key points associated with the modification of the charge, as provided for in the current regulation. At the end, we discuss reform options that would improve the defendant's position. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d416b5e4e3f1488d81ae060ab609f1972025-02-05T13:04:38ZengBar Association of Vojvodina, Novi SadGlasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine0017-09332683-59672024-01-0196380381810.5937/gakv96-480940017-09332403819BThe power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant's positionBriški Lora0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7719-4670Univerzitet u Ljubljani, Pravni fakultet, Ljubljana, SlovenijaEvidence presented during a trial may portray a criminal offence differently than how it was described in the indictment. The same set of facts may require a different legal qualification or newly discovered facts may show that the prosecutor's initial description of events should be different. Two potential solutions to this problem exist: the prosecution loses the case or is allowed to modify the charges. In Slovenian criminal procedure, the prosecutor is granted the authority to modify the charge during the trial. This paper focuses on the question of how broad the powers of the Slovenian prosecutor to modify the criminal charge are and how the existence of this power, along with its scope, affects the position of the defence. For that reason, we have examined the decisions of the Slovenian Constitutional Court and ordinary courts. After establishing the extent to which modifications can occur in practice, we highlight potential key points associated with the modification of the charge, as provided for in the current regulation. At the end, we discuss reform options that would improve the defendant's position.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0017-0933/2024/0017-09332403819B.pdfmodification of the criminal chargesloveniaprosecutionrights of the defence |
| spellingShingle | Briški Lora The power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant's position Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine modification of the criminal charge slovenia prosecution rights of the defence |
| title | The power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant's position |
| title_full | The power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant's position |
| title_fullStr | The power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant's position |
| title_full_unstemmed | The power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant's position |
| title_short | The power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant's position |
| title_sort | power of the prosecution to modify criminal charges and the implications for the defendant s position |
| topic | modification of the criminal charge slovenia prosecution rights of the defence |
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