CRITERIA OF ESTIMATION CONCERNING THE INTENTION OF MANSLAUGHTER IN CASES OF ATTEMPT TO TAKE ONE'S LIFE - POLAND

• NCJ Number: 38743
• Journal: STUDIA KRYMINOLOGICZNE KRYMINALISTYCZNE I PENITENCJARNE Volume: 3 Dated: (1975) Pages: 115-128
• Author(s): J BEDNARZAK
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Instyut Problematyki Przestepczosci
• Publication Format: Article
• Country: Poland

Annotation

REVIEW OF A 1973 DECISION OF THE POLISH HIGHEST COURT CHANGING THE RULES OF EVIDENCE FOR DEMONSTRATING INTENT ON THE PART OF A PERSON ACCUSED OF MANSLAUGHTER.

Abstract

SINCE 1973 THE HIGHEST COURT HAS REQUIRED A FOCUS ON THE MOTIVES OF THE ACCUSED, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH VICTIM, AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE INCIDENT. PRIOR TO 1973 THE COURTS FOCUSED ON THE OFFENDER'S PERCEPTION OF DANGER AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE. --IN POLISH. SUMMARY IN ENGLISH