Criminal proceedings and breaches
Sexual assault and abuse of superiority: avoid counting the same facts twice
The issue and the court’s approach
The court allowed the superiority aggravator where circumstances supporting it were independent of the offence’s violence. Reasons had to identify that separate factual basis.
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Official source and identification
Supreme Court · Criminal Chamber · STS · ECLI:ES:TS:2025:1011 · Appeal 5668/2022 · 2025-03-04
Original explanatory note based on the official Criminal Chamber chronicle (2024–2025). This is not a claim to have reviewed the full judgment. The English version is explanatory, not an official translation.
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