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Article 416 of the Criminal Procedure Law (hereinafter, LECrim) establishes an exception to the obligation to testify that all witnesses have, known as “dispensation of the right to testify”. This article establishes, in summary, that ascendants, descendants, spouses, or those…

On the 20th of December 2022, was published the Circular 2/2022, of the 20th of December, of the Attorney General of the State, on the extra-procedural activity of the Prosecutor in the criminal investigation. The circular aims to define, offer…

The recent Supreme Court sentence number 1859/2022, issued the 19th of May, annuls the sentence of the Hight Court of Justice of Valencia number 63/2020, issued the 13th of March, which confirmed the acquittal sentence of the Provincial Court of…

The Ruling of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court number 635/2022, of 23 June confirms what has already been established by the Ruling of the Plenary of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of 10 February 2022, and…

The past 7th of march of 2022 the Second Chamber of the Spanish Constitutional Court granted the appeal lodged by a person who was sentenced to 6 months of prison after the suspension of the penalty’s execution was revoked by…

The Sentence 4625/2021 of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court reiterates de Court’s doctrine regarding the psychological expert evidence of credibility in adult testimonies: it is impertinent and unnecessary when only revolving around their credibility, as it is the…

Two of the lasts Spanish Supreme Court sentences, numbers 7/2022 and 15/2022 of the Criminal Courtroom, argue in the same direction when stablishing the inalienability of the time limit that restricts the possibility to cumulate penalties. These judicial rulings state…