Sexual touching of minors and legal classification

Supreme Court · Second Chamber (Penal) · 2024

What the Supreme Court considered and decided

The Supreme Court restored sexual-offence convictions that had been reclassified as minor coercion on appeal. It considered the nature of the proven touching while leaving another unproved incident outside the convictions.

What this helps explain

The resolution applies the regulation corresponding to its facts and differentiates the accredited episodes from those that were not.

Editorial summary from the official note of the CGPJ. It describes this resolution, without certifying the subsequent evolution of the procedure. It should be read with the legislation applicable to its facts, reforms and subsequent case law.