Case results and legal analysis
Case results and analysis of Romanian criminal law, written for clients and companies based abroad who need to understand how proceedings here actually work.
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Unreasoned Criminal Judgment: Appeal Allowed and Retrial
The Iași Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and ordered a retrial from the beginning of the trial stage, requiring the charges to be clearly established.
Preliminary chamber: annulling the referral act, a rare outcome
The judge annulled the ex officio referral report from which the whole investigation began. The attached evidence was excluded, the indictment annulled…
Drug driving in Romania: what you actually face
No legal threshold, no fine option. What Decision 25/2025 of the High Court changed, how long substances persist, and the realistic outcomes…
Final acquittal in the Energy Holding case: a lesson on the standard of proof
An embezzlement case of nearly 60 million lei, decided on what the prosecution could not prove.
Final acquittal for influence peddling: why a flagrante operation does not, on its own, prove the offense
The presence of money and recorded conversations do not replace a complete analysis of the circumstances.