STC 33/2022: limitation of penalties and interruption

Constitutional Court · STC 33/2022

Issue examined

The appeal concerns the decisions of the Provincial Court in Cadiz and a criminal court in Algeciras that rejected his application for a statute of limitations on prison sentence imposed for an offence of attack.

Summary published by the Constitutional Court

Violation of the right to criminal legality in relation to the rights to effective judicial protection and to personal freedom: judicial decisions that do not satisfy the strengthened canon in respect of limitation of the enforcement of sentences when assessing a case that switches from the limitation not provided for in the norm (STC 63/2015).

The file retains the distinction between violation and alleged violation used by the source. In order to know the judgement, the grounds and the individual votes must be consulted the full resolution.