Crimes Against the Administration of Justice
Reconocido como uno de los mejores abogados penalistas 2026
Joaquín Sugrañes ha sido incluido por el prestigioso directorio Best Lawyers entre los mejores penalistas de España
It is provided for in articles 451-454 of the Penal Code. It punishes with imprisonment from six months to three years anyone who, knowing of the prior commission of a crime in which they were not involved either as a perpetrator or accomplice, intervenes after the crime has been committed, engaging in any of the acts of aiding, concealing, or assisting described in said article.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office requested a nine-month prison sentence, considering that the defendant met the aggravating circumstance of repeat offense. In our opinion, the conduct displayed by our client did not constitute criminal conduct, since there was no intention to violate the sentence imposed . This is how we argued in the oral trial. The […]
The Penal Code, in its article 468, punishes with prison sentences of six months to one year, if they are deprived of liberty, and with a fine of twelve to twenty-four months in other cases, those who violate their sentence, security measure, imprisonment or precautionary measure, conduction or custody.
Article 458 of the Criminal Code punishes witnesses who fail to provide truthful testimony in court, as well as those who knowingly present false witnesses or deceitful experts or interpreters. The legal right protected is the normal development of the evidentiary phase.
The crime of false accusation and denunciation punishes anyone who, with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard for the truth, imputes to another person facts that, if true, would constitute a crime, provided that this imputation is made before a judicial or administrative official who has the duty to investigate it.
