Admission of Guilt Agreement as a Special Procedure of the Penal Trial – A Particular Attention upon the Romanian Model

Abstract

The current paper focuses on the legal institution of criminal procedure law, which has been recently implemented in the Romanian justice system in criminal matters. The special procedure of the admission of guilt agreement has been expected by specialists, in particular by practitioners for a long time period to be regulated in the Code of penal procedure. The simplified special procedure is analyzed from the point of view of the advantages it presents and from the point of view of the defendant’s rights during the criminal proceedings, while he admits the guilt agreement. The particularities of the admission of guilt agreement in the Romanian criminal justice will be emphasized as well as the consequences it produces. A research survey has been conducted on the special procedure most relevant elements and their impact in practice.