R.M. v. State, No. 1657, Bucharest Court of Appeal (2006)

R.M. was convicted of committing violence against his wife. On a second appeal submitted by the prosecutor, the Bucharest Court of Appeal held that the factual circumstances of the case were correctly retained by the inferior courts; however, the sentence did not consider the aggravating circumstance that the victim was the wife of the accused. The Romanian Criminal Code provides that criminal acts committed against a member of the family are aggravating factors. The Bucharest Court of Appeal therefore decided to increase the sanction applied to R.M. based on the aggravating circumstance.

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