Latvian Criminal Code

03.04.2006. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-187/2006 Vice-director of the Department of Bailiffs of the Ministry of Justice is a state official in understanding of the Section 162 of the Latvian Criminal Code

05.04.2005. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases of the Senate, case No SKK-187/2005 Ungrounded acquittal according to Section 73 of the Latvian Criminal Code

12.12.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-354/2000 In the case of a suspended sentence, the reasons for the suspended sentence must be stated in the judgment

15.11.2000. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-333/2000 The judgment of the court of appeal is amended because the court incorrectly applied Articles 38 and 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code when imposing a final sentence on the defendant

16.10.2000. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-312/2000 In accordance with Article 7.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the crime provided for in Article 139, Paragraph two of the Latvian Criminal Code is not considered a serious crime, therefore a person convicted of such a crime shall be sentenced to a partly-closed prison

17.10.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-300/2000 The composition of Article 213.1, Paragraph one of the Latvian Criminal Code requires that the driving of a vehicle in a state of intoxication be performed repeatedly during the year

10.10.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-293/2000 The court has correctly applied Article 204, Paragraph two of the Latvian Criminal Code, classifying the actions of the defendant as abusive hooliganism

08.08.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-250/2000 By violating the provisions of Article 50.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the district court has unreasonably prematurely released the convict from serving a custodial sentence

12.09.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-235/2000 The defendant's actions are rightly classified as repeated large-scale fraud, as the defendant had no intention of entering into civil relations; the credit agreements were used only as a means for defrauding money, uncritical trust and uncontrolledness of creditors does not change the defendant's intentions and actions

20.06.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-185/2000 If the sentence has been selected within the limits of the sentence provided for in Section 116 of the Criminal Law, then there are no grounds for reducing the sentence on the grounds that the sentence provided for in Section 116 of the Criminal Law is lighter than the sentence provided for in Article 98 of the Latvian Criminal Code

27.06.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-184/2000 The judgment is overturned because the court had not applied the provisions of Article 45 of the Latvian Criminal Code regarding the limitation period of criminal liability

07.07.2000. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-175/2000 Court rulings are set aside and the criminal case is terminated in the part regarding the conviction of a person according to Article 183, Paragraph one of the Latvian Criminal Code due to the fact that the activities of the convict do not contain elements of a criminal offense

27.06.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-153/2000 If the elements of the crime provided for in the relevant section of the Latvian Criminal Code or the Criminal Law are described and set out in other legal provisions (blanket disposition), these relevant legal provisions must be presented and set out in the description of the criminal activities to be charged

30.05.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-141/2000 The criminal activities of an official against a person are reasonably qualified as exceeding the authority of power and service, as they are related to the performance of duties of the official

16.05.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-135/2000 The judgment of the court of first instance is overturned because the court had incorrectly applied the provisions of Article 38 of the Latvian Criminal Code

23.05.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-128/2000 The judgment is set aside and the case is terminated due to the absence of the composition of the criminal offense, as the defendant has violated the Road Traffic Regulations in a state of extreme necessity

27.04.2000. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-111/2000 When examining a criminal case according to Article 118 of the Latvian Criminal Code, it is not necessary to decide on the issue of debt recovery from the perpetrator. Recovery of an alimony debt shall be effected in accordance with the procedure for execution of a judgment previously rendered in a civil case

23.05.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-107/2000 The subjective side of the crimes provided for in Article 127, Paragraph two and Article 128, Paragraph two of the Latvian Criminal Code can only be a direct intention. The court's judgment is incorrect because, by finding the defendant guilty under Article 127, Paragraph two and Article 128, Paragraph two of the Criminal Code, the court found that the crime was committed with intentionally

13.04.2000. Assignments Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-99/2000 The criminal offense provided for in Article 148.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code may be committed with either direct or indirect intent

18.04.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-75/2000 The transfer of drugs to the ownership or possession of another person by any means shall be considered as the sale of drugs. The state border of the Republic of Latvia is also the customs border. Illegal movement of goods or other valuables across the customs border, concealing them from customs control, is a completed crime (smuggling)

28.03.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-68/2000 The court of appeal, when applying Article 42 of the Latvian Criminal Code, has not comprehensively and completely examined and assessed all the circumstances in accordance with the provisions of Article 19, Paragraph three and Article 313, Paragraph two of the Latvian Criminal Procedure Code

07.03.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-56/2000 When applying Article 38, Paragraph three of the Latvian Criminal Code, the final penalty according to the aggregation of criminal offenses may not be lower than the punishment imposed by the first conviction, because in these cases, the aggregation or inclusion of the penalties must take account of the entire penalty imposed by the first conviction and not of the part of the sentence not served

14.04.2000. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-52/2000 The imposition of a custodial sentence cannot be based on the financial situation of the defendant

18.04.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-49/2000 If a person has fraudulently acquired the right to another's property, such an offense shall be classified as fraud. When examining a case, the court must be guided by the laws and regulations that are in force at the time the crime is committed

14.02.2000. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-43/2000 If a mitigating circumstance provided for in Article 36 of the Latvian Criminal Code is established during the examination of the case (pleading guilty) the court shall take this circumstance into account when imposing a sentence on the person who has committed the crime

22.02.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-30/2000 An acquittal shall be deemed to be justified if the conclusions of the court on the innocence of the acquitted are sufficiently substantiated, correspond to the factual circumstances of the case, cover all issues to be decided, based on evidence examined and assessed at the hearing that is obtained by a sufficiently complete and objective investigation of the circumstances of the case

08.02.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-28/2000 As the crime provided for in Article 213.1, Paragraph two of the Latvian Criminal Code was committed before April 1, 1999, it is not necessary to reclassify it to Article 213.1, Paragraph one of this Criminal Code

01.02.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-27/2000 The cassation complaint is left unsatisfied, because when classifying the defendant's offense, the article, part of the article and clauses of the article of the Latvian Criminal Code, which should have been applied, have been applied

17.01.2000. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-21/2000 By releasing the convict conditionally before serving the term of imprisonment, the court has unlawfully applied an ancillary penalty - police supervision

14.03.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-17/2000 Considering the amount of damage caused to the state, Article 148.1, Paragraph one of the Latvian Criminal Code has been correctly applied to the actions of the defendant

22.02.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-12/2000 Within the meaning of Article 127 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the offender has no criminal record only if he or she is not aware that the disreputable facts which he or she has attributed to the victim do not correspond to the truth

11.01.2000. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-9/2000 Upon suspended sentence in accordance with the provisions of Article 42 of the Latvian Criminal Code, confiscation of property may not be applied

25.01.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-5/2000 When applying Article 42 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the general principles of sentencing must be observed, and in accordance with the requirements of the Article 313, Paragraph two of the Latvian Criminal Procedure Code a suspended sentence must be substantiated, specifying the circumstances due to which the court has found it appropriate not to enforce the judgment

25.01.2000. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-3/2000 A person may be released from criminal liability only if he or she has voluntarily surrendered a weapon, ammunition, explosive substance or special means manufactured, acquired, stored or carried without a relevant permit, and if there is no other criminal component in his or her activities (Article 218, Paragraph four of the Latvian Criminal Code, Section 235 of the Criminal Law)

13.12.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 349/1999 The court's judgment is modified because the court of first instance misapplied the provisions of Article 40.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code

15.11.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 331/1999 The sentence for the defendant has been commuted under Article 41 of the Latvian Criminal Code because the courts have not taken sufficient account of the provisions of Articles 35 and 36 of the Latvian Criminal Code when imposing the sentence.

30.11.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-329/1999 The defendant's activities are correctly classified under the first paragraph of Article 204 of the Latvian Criminal Code, as violence against victims, albeit because of hostile relationships of a personal nature, has taken place in a public place, disrupting the work of a medical institution

23.11.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 328/1999 For imposing a sentence pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 38 of the Latvian Criminal Code

05.11.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 317/1999 The judgment has been amended to exclude the application of the provisions of Article 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code

23.11.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-316/1999 The prosecutor's waiver of the debate at the hearing had to be assessed by the court as a waiver of the charge. The court was required to comply with the requirements of Article 243 of the Latvian Criminal Procedure Code

12.10.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-302/1999 When deciding whether to bring the accused to trial, the court (judge) does not decide on his guilt

01.10.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 301/1999 When classifying offenses and imposing penalties only in accordance with the Articles of the Special Part of the Latvian Criminal Code, the provisions of the General Part of the Criminal Code, and not those of the Criminal Law, shall apply

26.08.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-282/1999 Murder committed in a dispute over the use of common funds cannot be qualified as committed out of greed

24.08.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 268/1999 When convicting a person under Article 262 of the Criminal Law, no additional penalty may be imposed if the circumstances specified in Article 49 of the Criminal Law are established

17.08.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 267/1999 According to the sanction of Article 262 of the Criminal Law, the imposition of a penalty on the defendant for the offenses provided for in this Article shall be accompanied by an additional penalty

17.08.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 267/1999 According to the sanction of Article 262 of the Criminal Law, the imposition of a penalty on the defendant for the offenses provided for in this Article shall be accompanied by an additional penalty

26.08.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-261/1999 The judgment has been amended by reclassifying the defendant's offense from the second paragraph of Article 146 of the Latvian Criminal Code to the first paragraph of Article 146 of the Latvian Criminal Code, as the offense lacks the qualifying feature of the crime

28.09.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-252/1999 Pursuant to the provisions of Article 146 of the Latvian Criminal Procedure Code, the wording of the accusation must be precise, specific and understandable

05.10.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-247/1999 Judgments handed down in the case have been set aside and the case has been referred for pre-trial investigation because of significant violations of criminal procedure law and criminal law during the pre-trial investigation, which could have influenced the making of a lawful, reasonable and fair judgment

14.09.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-241/1999 The dispositions of Article 296 of the Criminal Law provide for criminal liability for failure to comply with a court judgment which deprives them of the right to a certain occupation

18.06.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-214/1999 Article 231 of the Criminal Code does not provide for a constituent element of a crime - a previous conviction for hooliganism

10.08.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 206/1999 The same circumstances cannot be considered as attenuating at the same time as imposing a lighter penalty than a statutory penalty

15.06.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 200/1999 Prosecutor's supervision protest satisfied because the court of first instance did not apply the provisions of Article 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code

29.06.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 199/1999 Pursuant to Article 34.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code, police control may be applied only to a person sentenced to a custodial sentence and not to a suspended sentence

09.06.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-197/1999 The sentence imposed on the offender has been commuted for the conversion of the offense into a more favorable criminal law

16.06.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-196/1999 Pursuant to Article 17 of the Law of November 4, 1998 On the Time and Procedure of Entry into Force of the Criminal Law, persons who have committed criminal offenses before the entry into force of the Criminal Law shall be held criminally liable and punishable under the Latvian Criminal Code

14.09.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 188/1999 The appellate court's judgment was amended because the fact that the defendant was suffering from a serious disease called pulmonary tuberculosis during the destruction phase was overlooked in determining the sentence

15.06.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-179/1999 When conducting a general inquiry, it is necessary to establish all the facts and circumstances which are the subject of the investigation, since the material collected in the case is not sufficient to enable it to be dealt with by a summary procedure

10.08.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-177/1999 The decision of the appellate instance court is left unchanged, as it has not been established in the appeal in cassation that the decision is based on substantial violations of criminal law or criminal procedure law

08.06.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 175/1999 For imposing a sentence pursuant to Article 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code

01.06.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 165/1999 Pursuant to Article 34.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code, police control may be applied only to a person sentenced to a custodial sentence and not to a suspended sentence

08.06.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-152/1999 Disposal of a found property is not a criminal offense

25.05.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-150/1999 For the purposes of the first paragraph of Article 121 of the Latvian Criminal Code, rape is a completed crime at the time of commencement of sexual activity

25.05.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-147/1999 Piemērojot Latvijas Kriminālkodeksa 42. panta nosacījumus, tiesai vispusīgi, objektīvi un pilnīgi jāizmeklē lietas apstākļi, kas raksturo tiesājamā personību, un argumentēti jānorāda spriedumā, uz kādu lietas apstākļu un personību raksturojošo ziņu pamata izraudzīts nosacīts sods

05.05.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-144/1999 The judgment of the appellate court is set aside and the criminal case is terminated because the victim in the private complaint case has not asked the sentenced person to be held criminally liable

18.05.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 142/1999 For imposing a sentence pursuant to Article 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code

11.05.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-135/1999 Pursuant to the provisions of Article 42 of the Latvian Criminal Code (Article 55 of the Criminal Law), the court may also impose a conditional sentence on a person who has committed a serious crime

27.04.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 126/1999 The appeal in cassation was dismissed on the ground that the appellate court had correctly applied the provisions of Article 41 of the Latvian Criminal Code in determining the extent of the defendant's liability for the alleged crime and taking into account his mitigating circumstances

20.04.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 123/1999 The court, finding that the convicted offender has committed a new offense after the previous conviction but before serving his full sentence, shall add to the sentence imposed in the new conviction a part of the sentence which has not yet been served after the previous conviction

31.03.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 120/1999 The additional penalty - police control - can only be imposed on a person sentenced to a real custodial sentence

12.04.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-119/1999 The defendant's offense was reclassified from the third paragraph of Article 204 of the Latvian Criminal Code into the first paragraph of Article 204 of the Latvian Criminal Code because the object used in the course of the bullying was not specially adapted or specially prepared for bodily harm

06.04.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 114/1999 The application of the provisions of Article 24.2 of the Latvian Criminal Code must necessarily be motivated by a judgment

13.04.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-92/1999 The defendant's offense qualifies as an attempt at arbitrariness because he has committed arbitrary acts of circumventing a statutory procedure which has been challenged by another person, but the alleged substantial loss has not been caused by circumstances beyond the control of the defendant

23.03.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-85/1999 For the purposes of Article 163 of the Latvian Criminal Code, liability under this Article shall be deemed to have been incurred if the negligence of the service has caused serious damage, which shall be understood as damage of a significant nature or extent

11.03.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-84/1999 An offense under Article 204, third paragraph, of the Latvian Criminal Code may be qualified only if it is committed by using or attempting to use a firearm, knife, carton or other cold weapon, as well as items specially adapted for causing bodily harm

24.02.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 64/1999 Under the terms of Article 6 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the law imposing the sentence does not have retroactive effect

02.03.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 57/1999 Article 99 of the Latvian Criminal Code provides for the death penalty as an exceptional punishment and the legislator does not require its application in all cases

02.03.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-52/1999 In order to qualify as large-scale theft, it must be stated that the total value of the property stolen at the time of the crime was not less than the sum of the minimum monthly wages set by the government

16.02.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 46/1999 On the retroactive effect of the law and the permanent transfer of the forest

09.03.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-39/1999 Only a public official who has abused his official position may be a subject of bribery. A worker who has received money for the performance of his or her professional duties cannot be considered to be a subject of bribery, even though he has been a senior in the exchange

09.03.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-38/1999 Criminal liability for failure to comply with the rules on business information shall only arise if another fact of non-compliance with these rules has been established after the administrative penalty has been imposed

01.02.1999. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-37/1999 The defendant's criminal activities have been wrongly identified as particularly abusive bullying

23.03.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-33/1999 The negligent performance of the duties of a materially responsible employee, which has been manifested in the failure to fulfill obligations in accordance with the requirements of the material liability agreement

02.02.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 31/1999 In the case of a conditional sentence, the judgment must state the reasons for the conditional sentence

26.01.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-19/1999 The defendant's offense is properly classified as outright robbery of foreign property, not as criminal bullying

09.02.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 5/1999 The condition of the necessity of the ultimate necessity is the reality of the imminent danger, its objective existence. This provision shall not apply to a person who has been convicted of an intentionally committed serious crime and who has previously been mutually agreed by the criminal group in the circumstances set out in the judgment

09.02.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 5/1999 The condition of the necessity of the ultimate necessity is the reality of the imminent danger, its objective existence. This provision shall not apply to a person who has been convicted of an intentionally committed serious crime and who has previously been mutually agreed by the criminal group in the circumstances set out in the judgment

12.01.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-4/1999 Amnesty law does not apply if a person has been convicted of a crime under Article 213.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code and the crime has been committed in a state of intoxication

12.01.1999. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-3/1999 In its consideration of the criminal case, the court correctly assessed the evidence and justified the application of the criminal law

22.12.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-412/1998 If the Criminal Law, which comes into force on April 1, 1999, provides for a lighter penalty than the relevant Article of the Latvian Criminal Code, the amount of the penalty shall be determined within the framework of the Criminal Law

15.12.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 405/1998 In accordance with Section 43. of the Latvian Criminal Code, the suspension of a sentence may be lifted only if the sentenced person does not fulfill his obligations or violates public policy or labor discipline

15.12.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 400/1998 If the final sentence is determined by a combination of convictions and the previous convicted person has been convicted of a serious crime, the commencement of serving the sentence shall be in a closed prison

29.12.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-398/1998 On the defendant's right to waive his defense counsel

22.12.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 394/1998 The additional penalty provided for in Article 34.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code is that police control shall apply only to persons sentenced to a real custodial sentence. In the case of a conditional sentence or a suspended sentence, the provisions of Section 34.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code shall not apply

21.12.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-392/1998 Due to the fact that the defendant acted in accordance with the provisions of Article 218 (4) of the Latvian Criminal Code, the court ruled in part and the criminal case under Article 218 (1) of the Latvian Criminal Code was terminated

08.12.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 374/1998 Violation of the provisions of Paragraph 11 of Section 50 of the Latvian Criminal Code

11.11.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-367/1998 The court did not substantially reduce the penalty by referring to mitigating circumstances, but formally

23.10.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-348/1998 In order to classify a murder as a life-threatening act for many persons within the meaning of Article 99 (6) of the Latvian Criminal Code, it must be established that the perpetrator was aware of using a particular method of killing a person in circumstances

27.10.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-344/1998 Materials regarding the application of coercive measures of an educational nature shall be examined in compliance with the requirements of the Law of 1 June 1993 on the Application of Mandatory Measures to Minors

27.10.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-342/1998 The limitation period for criminal liability shall run from the date of the offense until the date on which the criminal proceedings were instituted

15.10.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-339/1998 The judgment of the appellate instance court was amended in the part concerning the sentence imposed on the defendant because the appellate court did not take into account the amount of the minimum monthly wage during the commission of the crimes when setting the fine

19.10.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-337/1998 If the sentenced person commits a new offense after the judgment, but before serving his full sentence, the court shall add to the sentence imposed in the new judgment a part of the sentence which has not yet been served after the previous judgment

16.10.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-336/1998 No extension of the aggravating circumstances listed in Article 37 of the Latvian Criminal Code shall be permitted

20.10.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-335/1998 If the perpetrator has committed a crime, the offender's activities cannot be qualified as a completed crime

12.10.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-331/1998 A law which declares an offense punishable or commits a lenient penalty has retroactive effect, that is to say, an offense committed prior to its issuance

13.10.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-330/1998 Judgments have been amended and the defendant has been sentenced to a lighter sentence because his offense is unjustifiably qualified under Article 139 (5) of the Latvian Criminal Code

20.10.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 326/1998 Criminal liability under Section 213.1 (2) of the Latvian Criminal Code does not require two cases where the offender drives a motor vehicle under the influence of alcoholic beverages

29.09.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-312/1998 The unjustified application of the Amnesty Law

22.09.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 308/1998 Where the theft is committed in a group of persons by prior arrangement and the division of roles to reach the destination, each member of the group, regardless of his or her role in the crime, shall be considered a contributor to the theft

28.09.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-301/1998 When motivating the imposition of a minimum custodial sentence under a criminal law article, courts must refer to the wording of the specific article of the criminal law in force at the time the crime was committed

31.08.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-299/1998 „Intrusion” means the unauthorized secret or open access of a room or other storage facility to commit theft or robbery

15.10.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-297/1998 The lawfulness and the merits of the appeal

01.09.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-290/1998 The applicable criminal law does not correspond to the description of the criminal offense established in the judgment

18.08.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-281/1998 The operative part of the conviction must specify not only the basic penalty imposed but also the additional penalty

01.09.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-274/1998 The prosecutor's supervision protest was upheld and the judgment of the court of first instance was annulled because under Section 2 of the Republic of Latvia Amnesty Law of 20 November 1997, the amnesty is granted to persons whose offenses are not serious. Pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the offense provided for in Paragraph 4 of Section 139 of the Latvian Criminal Code is a serious crime

22.09.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-263/1998 Under Section 36 of the Latvian Criminal Code, a mitigating circumstance is if the offense is committed by a minor

11.08.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-254/1998 The provisions of the Amnesty Law on the reduction of the sentence apply to a real custodial sentence

30.06.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-251/1998 The list of aggravating circumstances in Article 37 of the Latvian Criminal Code is exhaustive, and it is unlawful to recognize any other circumstance as aggravating the offender

30.06.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-250/1998 The judgment is amended because the sentence imposed on the defendant is not considered to comply with the provisions of Article 35 of the Latvian Criminal Code

25.08.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 241/1998 In cases of confiscation of the trusted property, the person who is in charge of the particular property (money), illegally uses it for other purposes than for his or her greedy purpose without compensating its value

25.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-234/1998 Prosecutor's supervision protest satisfied and court rulings overturned due to incorrect provision of Paragraph 1 of Section 1 of the Amnesty Law of 20 November 1997

27.08.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-229/1998 The determination of the degree of responsibility of the defendants by excluding from the judgment an aggravating circumstance

25.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 225/1998 The qualification of another person 's wrongful killing

15.09.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 222/1998 Given that the offense referred to in Article 146 of the Latvian Criminal Code is constructed in such a way that it does not include a mandatory requirement for the motive or purpose of the offense (this offense may be committed under various motives), the fact that the defendant failure to state the motive for the crimes does not affect its qualification. The part of the Article of the Latvian Criminal Code which should have been applied for the classification of the crime and the provisions of Article 35 of the General Part of the Latvian Criminal Code have been applied to the defendant's activities (minimum penalty provided by the applicable criminal law)

11.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-221/1998 Amnesty Law of 5 December 1997 does not apply to persons sentenced to non-custodial sentences

11.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-220/1998 Amnesty Law of 5 December 1997 does not apply to persons sentenced to non-custodial sentences

11.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-219/1998 Amnesty Law of 5 December 1997 does not apply to persons sentenced to non-custodial sentences

11.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-218/1998 Amnesty Law of 5 December 1997 does not apply to persons sentenced to non-custodial sentences

04.08.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 208/1998 The prosecutor's supervision protest is satisfied because the courts, having correctly established the facts of the case, incorrectly classified the defendant's offenses in the part concerning the murder of the victim. Intentional murder can be committed not only by direct but also by not direct intent

02.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 207/1998 Foreign theft involving the intentional destruction or damaging of another's property, if the act has the characteristics of a criminal offense, must be qualified by the community of crimes as theft of property and the deliberate destruction or damage of the property

09.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-205/1998 Pursuant to Section 45 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the limitation period for criminal liability shall run from the date of the offense to the date of the decision to initiate the criminal proceedings

11.08.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 196/1998 The offense of the defendant is correctly classified as illegal logging on a large scale under Section 161 (2) of the Latvian Criminal Code

19.05.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 177/1998 The offense provided for in Article 144 of the Latvian Criminal Code is completed with the moment of retention of property. A civil claim in a criminal case under Article 101 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Latvia is a claim for compensation for material damage caused by a crime

09.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 168/1998 The Court of Cassation has upheld the judgment of the Court of Appeal without amendment, as the court of second instance has rightly reclassified the offense from Article 143 (2) to Article 195 of the Latvian Criminal Code

05.05.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-167/1998 Pursuant to Article 24.2 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the court must establish the circumstances preventing the offender from being present in Latvia, and the judgment must give reasons for applying this article

29.04.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-162/1998 The amount of the fine determined should be in line with the general principles governing the imposition of penalties

28.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-154/1998 The provisions of Section 42 of the Latvian Criminal Code state unequivocally that a convict who commits a new offense within a specified probation period shall not be liable to a further suspended sentence, but shall be punishable by a set of convictions as provided for in Section 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code

28.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-143/1998 If the sentenced offender commits a new offense during the probation period and is convicted of a non-custodial sentence, the final sentence shall be determined in accordance with the requirements of Section 39 and Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Section 40 of the Latvian Criminal Code

02.06.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 135/1998 If the forest is made available to a person by a municipal decision, it cannot be considered an alien forest within the meaning of Section 161 (1) of the Latvian Criminal Code

21.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 134/1998 A personal offence shall be qualified according to Section 213.1 (2) of the Latvian Criminal Code, if it has an unremoved or extinguished criminal record of a crime provided for in Section 213.1 of the Criminal Code of Latvia, and it has even managed a means of transport once in drunkenness

24.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-124/1998 Procedural documents not drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law and the requirements of the Agreement between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Poland on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Criminal Matters shall not be used as a basis for the preparation of an indictment; Clarifying the issue of severity of bodily harm to victims is crucial to the correct application of criminal law

14.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-123/1998 If the accused has several convictions that were not known to the court that made the last conviction, that court shall decide, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Section 38 of the Latvian Criminal Code, to impose a final sentence on the accused under Sections 372-374 of the Latvian Article

24.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-119/1998 Section 1 of the Amnesty Act concerns minors sentenced to a real sentence of imprisonment

21.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-118/1998 The judgment is set aside because the appellate court has failed to comply with the provisions of Section 35 of the Latvian Criminal Code concerning the general principles for imposing a sentence

12.05.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-117/1998 The law which declares the offense unpunishable has retroactive effect

24.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-115/1998 When imposing a sentence following a number of convictions, the courts must ascertain after the previous conviction the nature and extent of the part of the sentence not served

07.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-108/1998 If the sentenced person commits a new offense after the judgment, but before serving his or her full sentence, the sentence imposed in the new judgment shall be accompanied, in whole or in part, by a part of the sentence not served

07.04.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 105/1998 On prosecuting a person for exceeding his or her term of office

17.03.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 99/1998 On the qualification of theft by virtue as a sign of recurrence

04.03.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-95/1998 The judge does not have the sole right to decide whether to leave the appeal in cassation, because the case has not been adjudicated in summary proceedings

17.03.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-93/1998 If the offense is committed during the part of the sentence which has not been served, the provisions of Section 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code shall apply when imposing the sentence on the basis of the conviction

10.03.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-86/1998 The sentence imposing the death penalty on the guilty party for aggravated murder has been left unchanged

10.03.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-86/1998 The sentence imposing the death penalty on the guilty party for aggravated murder has been left unchanged

24.02.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 69/1998 Malicious disobedience to the legal requirements of prison staff for using a knife and intentionally causing minor bodily harm should not be qualified as hooliganism associated with the use of a knife, but as maladministration with the prison administration

19.02.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 54/1998 Within the meaning of Section 141 of the Criminal Code of Latvia, the attacker wishes to acquire a property in the possession of the owner or another person, rather than to return the property in his or her possession.

19.02.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 48/1998 The article of the Latvian Criminal Code applied to the acts of perpetrators, which should have been applied when they were legally assessed

10.02.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 45/1998 The responsibility for repeated theft of foreign property arises regardless of whether the perpetrator was a performer or an accomplice in each of these thefts. Do not qualify separately for crimes in which the person was a member, if these crimes relate to the same type of hazard to the property

28.01.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-38/1998 When imposing a number of additional penalties on the defendant, they must be set so that there is no doubt in the enforcement of the judgment

26.01.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-29/1998 Additional sentences are excluded from the judgment because they are not appropriate for imposing a definitive penalty on a community basis

14.01.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-23/1998 By striking a juvenile several times, the defendant is aware of the dangerous nature of his or her activities, and intentionally and intentionally commits the socially dangerous consequences of serious bodily harm

07.01.1998. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-5/1998 Submission of intentionally false information to the Election Commission by filling in the declaration of the candidate of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia contains the offense provided for in Article 186.2 (2) of the Latvian Criminal Code

13.01.1998. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 4/1998 In order to qualify for bullying under Paragraph 3 of Section 204 of the Latvian Criminal Code, the court must establish that the bullying was done by using or attempting to use the items listed in the article, including a knife

24.12.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-379/1997 Imposition of obligations on the defendant to eliminate the damage within the meaning of Section 43.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code within the specified time

23.12.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-361/1997 The offense committed by the defendant is correctly qualified according to Section 139, Paragraph 5 of the Latvian Criminal Code

09.12.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-351/1997 Car interior panel box is not considered to be “other storage” within the meaning of Section 139, Paragraph 4 of the Latvian Criminal Code

24.11.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-345/1997 Compliance of the penalty with the requirements of Section 35 of the Latvian Criminal Code

09.12.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-343/1997 Final sentence following from aggregation of crimes, if there are other unexecuted judgments regarding the convicted person and the final sentence has not been determined for the last sentence after aggregation of crimes, shall be determined in accordance with Section 372 of the Latvian Code of Criminal Procedure

11.12.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-340/1997 The sentence of the defendant is reduced by applying the provisions of Section 41 of the Latvian Criminal Code, taking into account the small value of the stolen foodstuffs

16.12.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-337/1997 The conclusions expressed in the judgment as to the legal classification of the offense must be convincing

09.12.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-329/1997 Final sentence following two judgements, if one type of sentence is imposed - deprivation of liberty - and one of them is imposed conditionally, may be imposed in the form of a real deprivation of liberty

09.12.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-328/1997 Value of the stolen property purchased on the market shall be determined by assessing the victim's testimony as a whole together with other evidence in the case

02.12.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-319/1997 When determining a coercive measure of an educational nature for minors, the Law of 1 June 1993 “On the Application of Compulsory Measures of an Educational Nature to Minors” shall be observed

16.12.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-315/1997 Two opposing views are expressed on the form of guilt of the defendant in the murder case

31.10.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-313/1997 Due to the change in the scope of the accusation, which makes the defendant's liability easier, the probation period determined by the court has been reduced in accordance with Article 42 of the Latvian Criminal Code

22.10.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-308/1997 Only persons who have acted jointly and with the same intention shall be recognized as perpetrators of murder

22.10.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-308/1997 Only persons who have acted jointly and with the same intention shall be recognized as perpetrators of murder

03.10.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-284/1997 The judgment is amended because the courts had incorrectly applied the provisions of Section 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code when establishing the sentence

07.10.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-281/1997 The offender does not have to compensate the victim for non-material damage in case of violation of traffic safety rules

17.09.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-274/1997 The judgment of the appellate court was set aside in part and the case was terminated pursuant to Section 146, Paragraph two of the Latvian Criminal Code due to lack of composition of the crime

26.09.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-251/1997 The judgment shall contain a description of the criminal activity recognized as proven

20.08.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-239/1997 The sentence served shall include the time spent in pre-trial detention in the case under consideration

20.08.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 239/1997

20.08.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-234/1997 The sentence imposed to the defendants shall be mitigated in case when the amount of the accusation is significantly reduced

20.08.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 234/1997 The sentence imposed to the defendants shall be mitigated in case when the amount of the accusation is significantly reduced

11.08.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-215/1997 Imposition of a more severe penalty on the defendant is permissible only in cases where a protest of a prosecutor or a complaint of a victim is submitted for this reason. The prohibition on increasing the penalty in the case of defendants' complaints applies to both appeal and cassation proceedings

09.06.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-196/1997 The decision of the appellate court regarding leaving the defendant's cassation complaint without examination in annulled, and the case is examined at the court hearing, amending the court rulings

26.06.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-189/1997 In order to prosecute intentional grievous bodily harm caused by the negligence of the accused resulting in death of a victim, it must be established that the accused intended to cause serious bodily harm to the victim, that is, he foresaw the consequences of his actions and wanted or knowingly allowed them to occur

02.06.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-183/1997 Confiscation of property cannot be applied as an additional penalty in case of a conditional sentence

29.05.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-180/1997 The judgment of the court shall be based only on the evidence examined at the hearing. A law that mitigates punishment has retroactive effect

10.06.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-177/1997 Deliberate misappropriation of property for greedy purposes, if committed by a person to whom this property has been entrusted for a specific purpose, is a crime provided for in Section 144 of the Latvian Criminal Code

27.05.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-166/1997 Active actions that are a gross violation of public order and manifest disrespect for society are criminalized hooliganism

12.05.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-164/1997 The offense of the defendant is correctly qualified according to Section 98 of the Latvian Criminal Code

20.05.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-161/1997 The offense committed by the defendant is correctly qualified according to Section 98 of the Latvian Criminal Code

06.05.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-134/1997 In deciding whether the offender has committed murder or intentional grievous bodily harm, the court must take into account the content and orientation of that person's intent

25.03.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-116/1997 The judgment was amended at an assignment sitting of the Department of Criminal Cases due to incorrect application of criminal law. According to Section 99 (6) of the Latvian Criminal Code, murder committed with extreme cruelty is the murder of another person when the victim is tortured or ridiculed before the deprivation of life or in the process of murder, as well as if the murder is committed using a technique which, when the offender is aware of it, is related to causing particular suffering, including causing a large amount of bodily injuries. If a large amount of bodily injuries has been caused directly in the process of murder and in a short period of time, without the offender’s intention of causing particular suffering to the victim, then the murder cannot be qualified according to Section 99 (6) of the Latvian Criminal Code

27.03.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-111/1997 The offense is properly qualified as an attempted theft by entering the premises

22.04.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-103/1997 An appeal in cassation to set aside the judgment of the appellate court shall be based on an indication to the circumstances to be determined in the retrial

10.03.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-92/1997 The sentence of the defendant is reduced to the minimum sentence provided for in the criminal law sanctions applied to his offense, taking into account his poor state of health after a complicated lung operation

25.03.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-78/1997 Disclosure of the intention to commit a crime is not a stage in the commission of a crime and there is no legal basis for prosecuting a person

25.03.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-77/1997 Conviction in an indictment under Article 139, Paragraph 2 of the Latvian Criminal Code amended due to erroneous application of criminal law

25.03.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-58/1997 The acquisition of bladed weapons must be considered illegal within the meaning of the Latvian Criminal Code even if such weapons have been received as a gift

24.02.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-50/1997 The judgments have been amended because the basic penalty was incorrectly determined for the defendant. The application of an additional penalty is excluded

10.02.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-46/1998 If the sanction of a particular article of the Criminal Law does not provide for an additional penalty, the judgment shall refer to the relevant article of the General Part of the Criminal Law (Section 27 of the Latvian Criminal Code, Section 44 of the Criminal Law)

18.03.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-43/1997 Claim for annulment of the judgment expressed in the cassation complaint must be based on the reference to the violation of the provisions of the Criminal Law or the Criminal Procedure Law

18.02.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-36/1997 Activities of the defendant are correctly qualified according to Section 161, Paragraph 2 of the Latvian Criminal Code

20.01.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-14/1998 Amnesty law does not apply if a person has been convicted of a crime under Article 213.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code, or if the sentence has been imposed in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 8 of Section 42 of the Latvian Criminal Code

14.01.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-13/1997 Activities of the defendant for the purpose of robbery from the shop cash register related to violence that is not dangerous to the life and health of the victim or to the threat of such violence without excercising the criminal intent for reasons beyond his control are duly qualified according to Section 15 (2) and Section 139 (3) of the Latvian Criminal Code

03.01.1997. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-11/1997 In drawing up a new judgment and commuting the sentence imposed on the defendants, the appellate court correctly took into account the fact that both, having previously been convicted and repeatedly committed a serious crime, made a candid cofession, regretted their conduct and with this attitude they helped to clarify the truth in the case

21.01.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-8/1997 The provisions of Section 41 of the Latvian Criminal Code apply to the punishment and the type of punishment, not to the regime of serving the punishment

21.01.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK- 8/1997 The provisions of Section 41 of the Latvian Criminal Code apply to the punishment and the type of punishment, not to the regime of serving the punishment

17.01.1997. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-3/1997 Criminal law is erroneously applied to activities that do not constitute a crime

09.12.1996. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-316/1996 On the satisfaction of a cassation complaint submitted in favour of the accused at the court hearing

03.12.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-299/1996 On the classification of an intentional murder with extreme cruelty

03.12.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-297/1996 On the limitation period of criminal liability

03.12.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-290/1996 For imposing a more lenient penalty due to a change of qualification

26.11.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-284/1996 Determination of a final penalty by aggregating the penalties

15.11.1996. Assignment Hearing Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-283/1996 On the criminal liability for driving while intoxicated

19.11.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-277/1996 On the ungrounded referral of a criminal case for supplementary investigation

08.11.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-244/1996 On the violation of criminal law and criminal procedure law

17.09.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-228/1996 On the acquittal of the defendant

27.08.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-207/1996 On the completed theft and attempted theft by entering a room or other storage

20.08.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-205/1996 On the content of the terms “room” and “other storage” within the meaning of Section 139 of the Latvian Criminal Code

20.08.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-174/1996 On the classification of the crime provided for in Section 1813, Paragraph two of the Latvian Criminal Code

09.07.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-164/1996 On application of Section 35 of the Latvian Criminal Code

28.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-136/1996 On determination of penalty and ancillary penalty

28.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-128/1996 On the differences in the composition of crimes - distribution of counterfeit money and fraud

28.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-127/1996 On inadmissibility of termination of proceedings in criminal cases of genocide

21.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-117/1996 On mitigation of punishment when the provisions of Section 43.1 of the Latvian Criminal Code has been applied

14.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-116/1996 On application of Section 42 of the Latvian Criminal Code

07.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-107/1996 On imposition of a penalty in the appellate instance court if the case is heard in connection with the appellate complaint of the defendant

30.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-106/1996 On the application of Section 39 of the Latvian Criminal Code

14.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-104/1996 On the classification of theft, if the perpetrator's negligence caused the death of the victim

07.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-101/1996 On the retroactive effect of the law

30.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-95/1996 On the incorrect composition of the crime

30.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-91/1996 On the application of Section 47 of the Latvian Criminal Code by the court of cassation

15.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-87/1996 On early release from serving the ancillary penalty

15.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-82/1996 Determination of a final penalty by aggregating the penalties

02.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-79/1996 Determination of a final penalty by aggregating the penalties

04.06.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-75/1996 On reclassification of a crime at the cassation court hearing

15.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-74/1996 On exclusion of Section 24.2 of the Latvian Criminal Code from the judgment of the appellate instance court

23.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-61/1996 Determination of a final penalty by aggregating the penalties

14.05.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-54/1996 On application of Section 35 of the Latvian Criminal Code

15.04.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-46/1996 On suspension of the execution of a judgement

15.03.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-42/1996 On referring a case for supplementary investigation due to improper classification of the crime

06.11.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No SKK-2k-40/1996 On application of Section 35 of the Latvian Criminal Code

22.01.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No 2k-4/1996 On determination of the regime of penalty enforcement

15.01.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No 2k-3/1996 On the classification of crimes where the victim has suffered serious bodily injuries as a result of abusive criminal activities

08.01.1996. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No 2k-2/1996 On the improper classification of a crime

11.12.1995. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No 2k-45/1995 On the exclusion of the classifying feature of the crime and the reduction of the penalty

11.12.1995. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No 2k-42/1995 Reduction of the sentence by the aggregation of penalties

11.12.1995. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No 2k-41/1995 On the improper classification of the theft committed

06.11.1995. Decision of the Department of Criminal Cases, case No 2k-37/1995 The punishment imposed does not correspond to the seriousness of the crime committed and the degree of the guilt