| Abstract [eng] |
This thesis provides a detailed analysis of existing forms of multiple criminal acts and their significance the sentencing. Having in mind that the institute of multiple criminal acts is often interpreted in various different ways this work attempts to define this institute as much more complex than a situation when a person commits more than one criminal act. The definition has a major influence in the understanding of different forms of multiple criminal acts, therefore, in order to comprehend the influence of multiple criminal acts to sentencing various theories of multiple criminal acts are discussed in this work. In this discussion the author presents the forms of multiple criminal acts not only from various doctrinal sources but also from the penal code of the Republic of Lithuania. Even though an individual criminal act is a constitutive part of multiple criminal acts, some individual criminal acts are similar to multiple criminal acts. For this reason, in order to define the two forms of multiple criminal acts, the author attempts to provide a solid analysis of those single criminal acts which have similar features to the forms of multiple criminal acts. After this analysis the work depicts a full picture of the influence of the forms’ of multiple acts significance to sentencing according to both the penal code of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign systems of sentencing. The general idea is that the form which is constituted by the offender’s multiple criminal acts predetermines what rules of sentencing will be applied. However, there are various problems that occur when these rules are applied. In compliance with the aforementioned rules that are applied to sentencing the author provides a detailed summary about the existing rulings of the Supreme Court of Lithuania. Although these rulings provide solutions to various difficulties that occur in such cases this thesis also discusses various problems that exist because of contradictory rulings of the Supreme Court of Lithuania. To provide a possible solution the author often considers various amendments to penal code of the Republic of Lithuania. |
