Legislator Case Law & Legislation
DE FR IT EN
Analyze in Legislator
1-06-3441\3 ECLI:EE:VMK:2006:1.06.3441.10561 AI generated

Court dismissed appeal against conviction for theft, rejecting argument that stolen goods were returned.

Case Number 1-06-3441\3
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Estonia (EE)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
Open official source Machine-readable Markdown (.md)

Legislator summary

AI generated

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appellant's appeal against his final conviction for theft, upholding the first-instance judgment. The appellant argued that the stolen goods had been returned to the victim, which should have mitigated the severity of the crime. The court rejected this defense, ruling that the return of property does not negate the commission of the theft or justify a lighter sentence.

Legislator headnote

AI generated

Criminal Code § 159; Criminal Procedure Code § 249: The return of stolen goods to the victim does not erase the criminal act of theft nor serve as a valid ground for reducing the penalty.

Keywords

AI generated
theft conviction return of stolen goods mitigation of penalty criminal appeal property restitution

Cited Legislation

AI generated
Criminal Code § 159
Criminal Procedure Code § 249

Need to analyze how this precedent applies to your matter?

Cross-reference this judgment against statutes, commentaries, and subsequent citing case law inside Legislator AI.

Open in Legislator →

Full text



                                                      

        

  ! "#"#$#%# #$& !" ''(%)"*'( + , 

%- * & -%.# /'01 

"!#   

""-$#!#")

"& - *#!#&#, 

%- *                     2!3 -$!-- 4!3 - 5 $#" 667" " , *$  *&#, 



  #%! " "847.  9!#-7,  47 %-# * "#1(('/(

"&   -7# 7,! 7, -#% .$#*$-     

--" 7  *$  *&#, 667 :0*$'4'&)$& %)) " " #! "#!/ ,  " ", -$""(    , -$"#"+ -%#*"-#*  " "& ! !7, -$"", " , *" :;*$# 433 " !##*#")"%#*#+!,# " #! "# & &!* *&#, #4 -#"%#" "*!*"" !"#$(   , -$"#"+-%#*"! !7! -" !#!#( 

 : 0 *$  , "    *&#,  4*" ,   ,."7 #$ * "# 1(('/ !- '((' ! " & *! +("(/, !7& !*% 4)#, ( " #$  ,#" 7  * "#''((' ) ! -7%#*#!*, ! ""';! !!6%%#-7#"# 4)#, ( 

:/&)$* ! "#- %)) "  *$  *&#, *#,  *"! ""%% '! ! " " !-( *$  *&#, *#, *"7"9!#-7<, " %-#&)"" %"% " ( 



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

"!*7 &  -7   ,9. , . " "*! ")"%# ! * " 7   ! &!* !""# &9"%##"!#"+%)!7#" %#7!%#-7*#+#""#$#%"-! !"!*7#,9-7   " %#$ + %"!%- * & -%.& !#,9!####"-!"!*7,9-7  " -7( 

""#, . " "*!")"%#! *,9.  *#! "#" 7 !&!*!""# &9"%# #"!#"   -7%-"##% ,#*7!-"*# - '';1  #" =4 -$  ,9 ,#*7!-"*# - ''';;0 - 4 -$ + ,"#-%.# /+ %)!7#" %#7!%#-7*#+#""#$#%"-  *#! "#$ + %"!%- * & -%.&  !#,9!####"-  *-#! "" "7(  $-9#"#" %#% !#!,"-$7"*#.#" 7  !" , !"% & ! -"#*##( 

"" 7#" !#!"")"*#")"%#!4)#, %337%#*!""#&9"%#"+ ! 667* -##*#$-97#7, . " "*!")"%# & &!*" -7(  7 ! #. %#!7 

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

:0*$'4'#""#-)"7!"#( 

!9*  *$  *&#, +"#% ! "& $#*$-& -$!-- 4!3--!#-"#-B!, , #* ((' 9*%"7 !!!*#44#$  -9 . 4!3 !" *$   *&#, *#   ! "#!



 

0*$'4'#""#-)"7!"#"%#4 -#%###"/ " ", -$""(, "  *&#, 4*" ,  ,."7 #$1(('/!##*#")"%#*#!*, ")" & *! ( :; *#*" "*#. 4!3 !"*"+ #" *$   *&#,   "#   %9"#"7 ! ""+ -%#*"  " " &   !7 "-$%! *7 % " &)"%"+!" #4 -#!"4*"%)) "7/ " #! "# & &!*"%# "" "*!!!"#$( ! "#- %)) " ,  *-#! "%% '!-( 

""-$* 667" " , , *7 + #"  .  9*%"7 !!!*#44#"+ -9". ##$ + -7 , . " "*!*"-9*#!!!!*#44#%#-#"*#! *7 %#!+!!!*#44#9*%%#* , *7 %  "9#*"" #"(  2!3& ! "& "#" , 79*%"7!!!*#4#"(  & !"*! " %#49& *"#$!&)#*7#+#" *$  *&#, +"#% ! "& & 4!3 , #*-9*%"7!!!*#4#&)$7# :7#'1'/)""#7( -,##-7%#*+#" *$   *&#, -9*%-7!!!*#44#% "9#*#" "#! #*"(  )"7###*"7""*#.667" " , *$  *&#, 667"--" 7  :0*$'4'%9"  " #! ", " , *"!!!*#44#*#( 

"##.!""#"$-#7###*"7*#& &-77# :7#"'0'1(      *- D -&!

"-!