The causes of criminal connection and their application after the reform operated by the Law 41/2015

  • Ignacio José Cubillo López Universidad de Córdoba
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-65(2)-2017pp39-83
Keywords: Criminal connection, Contest of crimes, Procedural Accumulation.

Abstract

This paper examines the causes of criminal connection of article 17 of the Law on Criminal Procedure and the application that the courts can make of this rule. This precept has been reformed in 2015 in two ways: on the one hand, the reasons why two or more offenses can be considered connected are broadened; and on the other hand, the judge’s assessment powers increase when it comes to assessing whether the accumulation of cases for related offenses is necessary or convenient. This article examines both issues, both the scope of the judge’s assessment to decide between the joint or separate prosecution of related offenses, and the content and limits of the different causes of connection –the old ones that remain and the new ones which are introduced– in the light of the case-law.

Received: 29 September 2017
Accepted: 28 November 2017
Published online: 27 December 2017

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Ignacio José Cubillo López, Universidad de Córdoba

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Published
2017-12-27
How to Cite
Cubillo López, Ignacio José. 2017. “The Causes of Criminal Connection and Their Application After the Reform Operated by the Law 41/2015”. Estudios De Deusto 65 (2), 39-83. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-65(2)-2017pp39-83.
Issue
Vol. 65 No. 2 (2017)
Section
Studies

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