62021CJ0347_SUM
Case C‑347/21
Criminal proceedings
against
DD
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad)
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 15 September 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Directive (EU) 2016/343 – Strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings – Article 8(1) – Right of an accused person to be present at the trial – Examination of an incriminating witness in the absence of the accused person – Possibility of remedying the infringement of a right at a later stage in the proceedings – Additional examination of the same witness – Directive 2013/48/EU – Right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings – Article 3(1) – Examination of an incriminating witness in the absence of the lawyer of the accused person)
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings – Directive 2016/343 – Right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and right of a person in custody to communicate – Directive 2013/48 – Right to be present at the trial – Right of access to a lawyer
(Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 47 and 48; European Parliament and Council Directives 2013/48, Art. 3(2) and 2016/343, Art. 8(1))
(see paragraphs 35-38, 45, 46, operative part)
See the text of the decision.