{"id":737,"date":"2026-05-05T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/?p=737"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:16:10","slug":"severability-of-allegations-of-violation-of-the-principle-of-in-dubio-pro-reo-and-the-free-evaluation-of-evidence-the-supreme-courts-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/severability-of-allegations-of-violation-of-the-principle-of-in-dubio-pro-reo-and-the-free-evaluation-of-evidence-the-supreme-courts-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Severability of allegations of violation of the principle of in dubio pro reo and the free evaluation of evidence \u2013 the Supreme Court&#8217;s position"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ATTENTION \u2013 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION from Polish<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its decision of August 21, 2025 (IV KK 269\/25), the Supreme Court recalled the important relationship between the principle of free evaluation of evidence (Article 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure) and the principle of resolving doubts in favor of the accused (Article 5 \u00a7 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court indicated that allegations of violation of these provisions are separable and should not be raised simultaneously with respect to the same factual findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The principle of in dubio pro reo applies only when the court \u2013 after properly assessing all the evidence in accordance with Article 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure \u2013 determines the existence of irremovable doubts as to the course of events. This refers to a situation in which at least two equally probable versions of events are possible, which cannot be unequivocally resolved. However, if a party challenges the manner in which evidence was assessed, for example, the credibility of witnesses or conclusions drawn from the evidence, then the dispute concerns a violation of Article 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, not the principle of in dubio pro reo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling serves as an important reminder for the practice of drafting appeals \u2013 an effective invocation of Article 5 \u00a7 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is only possible if the correctness of the court&#8217;s assessment of the evidence is not challenged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATTENTION \u2013 THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION from Polish In its decision of August 21, 2025 (IV KK 269\/25), the Supreme Court recalled the important relationship between the principle of free evaluation of evidence (Article 7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure) and the principle of resolving doubts in favor of the accused (Article 5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"wp-custom-template-pojedynczy-wpis-en","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karne.pl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}