STC 64/2023: limitation of sentences

Constitutional Court · STC 64/2023

Issue examined

The appeal concerns the orders of the Provincial Court of Barcelona that rejected his application for a statute of limitations on the sentence imposed for an offence of misappropriation.

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 by assessing a case that switches from the statute of limitations (STC 33/2022). Individual vote.

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.