Discontinuation of criminal proceedings

We have successfully defended Clients in criminal proceedings that were legally concluded by discontinuing the proceedings at the preparatory stage – based on Article 17 § 1 item 1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. As part of providing defense for the Clients, we read the evidence contained in the files of both proceedings, participated in the procedural activities and issued written positions and evidentiary motions in which we drew the attention of the law enforcement authorities to the inconsistencies resulting from the evidence and other substantive and formal premises that justified the termination of the proceedings by discontinuing them even before the indictment was filed with the Court. The authorities conducting these preparatory proceedings issued orders to discontinue with a justification consistent with the Clients’ line of defense adopted in these cases. These proceedings concerned, in one case, a collision of cyclists with the participation of the Client on a bicycle path and its effects on the injured party (Article 177 § 1 of the Penal Code), and in the other, the suspicion that the Client had committed, among other things, fraud on BLIK (qualification under Article 286 § 1 of the Penal Code in conjunction with Article 287 § 1 of the Penal Code) and other acts charged against the Client in this case. The course and the way of conclusion of these cases showed how important is the appointment and participation of a defense attorney at an early stage of criminal proceedings, based on the indicated cases this allowed for effective defense on behalf of the Clients and securing the Clients’ rights while the preparatory proceedings were still underway.