Chapter 30. Initiation and Termination of Criminal Proceedings (Sections 369-383)

2021. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[D]/2021 The right of an accused to enter into a settlement; Special subject of the criminal offence provided for in Section 174 of the Criminal Law – person upon whom the victim is financially or otherwise dependent

18.06.2019. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-282/2019 Final qualification of the criminal offence; Decision on refusal to initiate criminal proceedings shall not be recognised as circumstance that exclude criminal proceedings

18.06.2019. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-282/2019 Final qualification of the criminal offence; Decision on refusal to initiate criminal proceedings shall not be recognised as circumstance that exclude criminal proceedings

16.05.2019. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-104/2019 Victim of the criminal offence provided for in Section 130 Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Law

2019. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[F]/2019 Termination of criminal proceedings if the circumstances that exclude criminal proceedings has been established

2019. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-[G]/2019 Possible solutions to financial matters if criminal proceedings are terminated because of the death of the accused; Proceeds of crime

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

27.09.2016. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No. SKK-J-507/2016 Duty of the court to evaluate person‘s quilt when terminating criminal proceeding on the circumstance, that do not exonerate the person – because it is not possible to complete the criminal proceeding within reasonable term

28.12.2015. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No.  SKK-666/2015 Circumstance that prohibits criminal procedure – criminal procedure is aimed at foreign national or stateless person for unlawful crossing of the border, if he or she is forcibly expelled from the Republic of Latvia

22.01.2013. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-19/2013 Necessary self-defence as a condition, which estops criminal procedure

16.10.2012. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-546/2012 Elimination of criminal procedure, if right of an accused to well timed review of a case is violated 

12.05.2011. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-160/2011 Obligation of a court to decide, if a dead accused person in a concrete case has or has not committed an offence

28.06.2010. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-295/2010 Condition excluding criminal responsibility is a reason to terminate criminal proceedings

19.01.2010. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-1/2010 Obligation of a court of the first instance to decide, if an accused, who died during period of adjudication of a case, has or has not committed an offence

21.09.2009. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-352/2009 Termination of criminal proceedings due to lapse of criminal responsibility

23.01.2009. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-17/2009 Termination of criminal proceedings in a court due to lapse of criminal responsibility

17.05.2007. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-283/2007 Termination of criminal proceedings at the hearing

22.03.2006. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-193/2006 It is impossible to terminate criminal proceedings on the ground of the Item 8 Section 377 of the Criminal Procedure Law, if a criminal case was initiated pursuant to the Paragraph One Section 260 of the Criminal Law without application of a victim before the 1st of October, 2005