'Appeal against decision of acquittal or conviction or against sentence - national proceedings' in document 'Ukraine - Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Section IV

VERIFICATION OF COURT’S JUDGMENTS, RULINGS, AND DECISIONS

Chapter 29

FILING APPEALS

Article 348. Persons who may file an appeal

An appeal may be filed by:
1) convicted person, his/her legal representative and defense counsel – in so far as his/her interests are concerned;
2) acquitted person, his/her legal representative and defense counsel – in terms of motives and grounds for acquittal;
3) legal representative, defense counsel of an underage and the underage himself/herself in whose respect compulsory measure of educational natures has been enforced – in so far as his/her interests are concerned;
4) legal representative and defense counsel of the person in whose respect the issue of enforcing compulsory measure of medical nature was decided;
5) defendant whose case is dismissed, his/her legal representative and defense counsel - in terms of motives and grounds for dismissing the case;
6) defendant whose case was remanded for supplementary investigation, his/her legal representative and defense counsel - in terms of motives and grounds for remanding the case for supplementary investigation;
7) civil defendant or his/her representative – in so far as resolution of the claim is concerned;
8) prosecutor who participated in the trial of the case by a trial court, as well as prosecutor who approved the indictment – within the scope of charges pressed by the prosecutor who participated in the trial of the case by a trial court;
9) victim and his/her representative - in so far as victim’s interests are concerned but within the scope of claims brought in trial court;
10) civil plaintiff or his/her representative – in so far as disposition of the claim is concerned;
11) person in whose respect the court has made a presentment;
12) other persons in instances specified in the present Code.