09 Jun judgment direttissimo

The judgment very direct way is a special criminal proceedings, requirements of Art. 449 e ss. del c.p.p., characterized by the preliminary hearing and lack of pre-trial phase.

When a citizen is arrested in flagrante delicto, it p.m. It can introduce him into custody directly in front of the trial judge for the arrest validation and contextual judgment, within forty-eight hours from; if the shutdown is validated, Proceed immediately to the judgment; if the shutdown is not validated, the judge returns the case to the P.M.; However, you can proceed to trial if the accused very direct and p.m. will allow.

A second hypothesis for the establishment of direttissimo judgment is necessary when the P.M., after obtaining the arrest validated by the G.I.P., It presents the inadagato at the hearing no later than the thirtieth day arrest; in the latter case it is necessary that the p.m. has obtained the application of a precautionary measure that the protracted state of custody (and this is because the suspect must be presented by p.m. and then it is assumed that the p.m. has the physical availability of the accused).

The third option of establishing direct way of judgment occurs when the suspect, during interrogation, He has made confession; if in custody, the suspect will be presented at the hearing within thirty days from the registration of the relevant register crime report; if free, It will be summoned to appear at the hearing in the same term.

For the development of the very direct judgment will observe the arrangements for the trial; the person and the witnesses can be cited, even orally, by a judicial police officer; it P.M., the defendant and the plaintiff may present witnesses at the hearing without quote.

The accused is warned by the judge the power to request an accelerated procedure or the plea agreement and the right to request a deadline to prepare the defense of not more than ten days.