Criminal Courts

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Criminal Courts are judicial bodies within the Spanish legal system that specialize in prosecuting and adjudicating criminal offenses.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Criminal Courts canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
first-instance criminal court ⓘ
aim ensure enforcement of criminal law at first instance ⓘ
canImpose community service ⓘ
disqualification from public rights or offices ⓘ
fines ⓘ
short-term imprisonment ⓘ
canOrder precautionary measures in criminal proceedings within their competence ⓘ
canUseCoOfficialLanguages yes, in Autonomous Communities with co-official languages ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
decisionForm judgment ⓘ
decisionsAppealableTo Provincial Courts (Spain) ⓘ
establishedBy state law ⓘ
excludesJurisdictionOver offenses tried by the National Court (Audiencia Nacional) ⓘ
offenses under the jurisdiction of Jury Courts (Tribunales del Jurado) ⓘ
serious crimes reserved to Provincial Courts ⓘ
function adjudication of criminal offenses ⓘ
prosecution of criminal offenses ⓘ
governedBy Organic Law of the Judiciary of Spain ⓘ
Spanish Criminal Procedure Act ⓘ
handles abbreviated criminal proceedings within their competence ⓘ
summary criminal proceedings ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom Courts of Violence against Women (Spain) in criminal matters ⓘ
Juicio de faltas courts (historically, before their suppression) ⓘ
jurisdiction criminal law ⓘ
less serious criminal offenses ⓘ
offenses punishable by fines and other lesser penalties ⓘ
offenses punishable by imprisonment of up to 5 years ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem Spanish legal system ⓘ
numberOfJudgesPerCourt 1 ⓘ
organizationalScope usually one or more per judicial district ⓘ
overseenBy General Council of the Judiciary (Spain) ⓘ
partOf Spanish judiciary ⓘ
ordinary jurisdiction courts in Spain ⓘ
presidingOfficer judge ⓘ
relatedTo Investigating Courts (Juzgados de Instrucción) in Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish courts

Jury Courts (Tribunales del Jurado) in Spain ⓘ
National Court (Audiencia Nacional) in Spain ⓘ
linked to: Audiencia Nacional

Provincial Courts (Audiencias Provinciales) in Spain ⓘ
subjectMatterLimit criminal penalties not exceeding 10 years of other types of punishment ⓘ
criminal penalties not exceeding 5 years of imprisonment ⓘ
subjectTo Constitutional guarantees of due process in Spain ⓘ
subordinateTo Provincial Courts (Spain) ⓘ
typeOfBody professional, non-lay court ⓘ
typeOfProceedings single-judge criminal trials ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish courts → hasCourt → Criminal Courts ⓘ