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Acquittal of Our Client in the Well-Known Case of the Santa Margarita de Cortona Sculpture Attributed to the Granada Sculptor José de Mora

At Ayuela Jiménez, we are pleased to share the recent acquittal of our client (a renowned art dealer) of the charge of receiving stolen goods, after having purchased a valuable 18th-century Baroque sculpture without knowledge of its illicit origin, as acknowledged by the Provincial Court of Granada in Judgment 447/2024, dated 9 October. The Facts […]

Can unlawful evidence obtained abroad be used in Spanish proceedings?

We analyse the extent to which the fundamental rights recognised in our Constitution are binding with respect to evidence obtained abroad. Global interconnection is a reality that is transcending from the merely economic to the justice sector and, in this article, we turn our attention from this expansion to a specific challenge posed by evidence […]

Can proceedings filed abroad have the effect of res judicata in Spain?

The so-called exception of res judicata, specifically contemplated in criminal proceedings as one of the articles of pre-judgment (art. 666.2 LECrim), is a direct consequence of the ne bis in idem principle, configured as a fundamental right contemplated in article 25.1 CE. The prohibition of incurring in this principle includes, in its procedural aspect, the […]

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