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Case results

Outcomes actually obtained, in summary form with identifying details removed. They illustrate the work; they are not a prediction for your case.

9 published resultsReal case

Published case results

Sentence halvedArticle 228.1 part 4 of the Criminal Code · Cassation · Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

Eleven years reduced to five and a half

Before

11 years of imprisonment

After

5 years 6 months

How

Errors in the classification of the offence. Cassation complaint built on the legal positions of the Supreme Court.

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Case terminatedArticle 158 of the Criminal Code (theft) · Appeal

Case terminated, rehabilitation

Before

Conviction

After

Case terminated, right to rehabilitation recognised

How

Established that the elements of the offence were absent.

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Verdict quashedArticle 132 of the Criminal Code · Appeal

Verdict quashed, fresh hearing

Before

Conviction

After

Verdict quashed, case remitted for a fresh hearing

How

Breaches in the assessment of evidence and of witness testimony.

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Sentence commutedArticle 228.1 of the Criminal Code · Article 80 — commutation of the unserved sentence

Prison replaced with corrective labour

Before

8 years in a strict-regime correctional colony

After

Unserved part replaced with corrective labour

How

Grounds established for replacing the unserved part of the sentence.

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ReclassifiedArticle 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud) · Cassation

Reclassified, sentence reduced

Before

Immediate custodial sentence

After

Conduct reclassified, sentence reduced

How

Established that the conduct had been classified wrongly.

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Verdict quashedArticles 158, 222 and 105 of the Criminal Code · Cassation

Verdict quashed, case reopened

Before

Conviction

After

Verdict quashed, case reopened

How

Substantial breaches of the Criminal Procedure Code in the examination of the evidence.

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Sentence reducedArticle 228 of the Criminal Code · Cassation

Sentence reduced by more than two years

Before

7 years of imprisonment

After

4 years 8 months

How

The result came from concentrating on defects in the reasoning and on the disproportion of the sentence.

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Parole grantedArticle 79 of the Criminal Code — parole · Enforcement of sentence

Parole granted

Before

Parole refused at the first attempt

After

Released on parole

How

The result followed a strengthened file of character evidence, a restructured application and an emphasis on the pattern of conduct over time.

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Verdict quashedArticle 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud) · Appeal

Fraud conviction quashed

Before

Immediate custodial sentence and a conviction

After

Verdict quashed, case remitted for a fresh hearing

How

The outcome changed after a structured appeal focused on intent, on whether the loss was proved, and on contradictions in the testimony.

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