Reasonable Congruence between Charges Pressed and those Proved at Trial in Criminal Procedure Matters in Colombia According to the Adversarial System Characteristics
Principio de congruencia entre los cargos formulados y los probados en juicio en materia procesal penal en materia procesal penal en Colombia frente a las características del sistema acusatorio
Abstract (en)
The congruence principle in criminal proceedings is the factual and legal correlation between the conviction and the charge. In terms of the current Colombian Code of Criminal Procedure, this correlation must occur between the counts contained in the indictment and those in the conviction and between the crimes for which a sentence is requested and those in the conviction. The problem identified in the analysis of the congruence principle in the Colombian criminal procedure lies in the possible lack of adequacy between the legislation establishing this principle and the characteristics of the adopted adversarial criminal procedural system. Through basic legal research, the characteristics of the Colombian adversarial criminal procedural system and the Supreme Court of Justice are discussed and compared with countries such as Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the United States, Germany, and Spain, identifying that the Spanish system applies to Colombia.
Abstract (es)
El principio de congruencia en el proceso penal es la correlación fáctica y jurídica entre la sentencia y la acusación. En términos del actual Código de Procedimiento Penal colombiano, esta correlación debe darse entre los hechos contenidos en la acusación y los hechos de la sentencia, y entre los delitos por los cuales se solicita la condena y los contenidos en la sentencia. El problema identificado en el análisis del principio de congruencia en el proceso penal colombiano radica en la posible falta de adecuación entre la legislación que establece este principio y las características del sistema procesal penal acusatorio adoptado en el país-. Es por esto que, a través de una investigación básica jurídica, se analizan las características del sistema procesal penal acusatorio colombiano y de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, comparado con países como Argentina, Chile, México, Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos, Alemania y España, y se identifica que el sistema español es óptimo para su aplicación en Colombia.
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