Suprema - Rol N° 8743-2015

The Supreme Court declared inadmissible a 'recurso de queja' against an Appeals Court's rejection of a 'recurso de nulidad', finding no legal error in the lower court's decision regarding drug trafficking and firearms charges.

• The Supreme Court analyzed the admissibility of a 'recurso de queja' against a decision that rejected a 'recurso de nulidad'.
• The Supreme Court declared the 'recurso de queja' inadmissible, finding no merit in the arguments presented.
• The majority decision considered that a ruling on a 'recurso de nulidad' is not an 'instancia' that would preclude a 'recurso de queja', referencing special procedural norms.
• Ministers Dolmestch and Cisternas dissented, advocating for the admission of the 'queja' to process the case.
• The Appeals Court's decision, which was the subject of the 'queja', had rejected claims of erroneous application of law regarding mitigating circumstances and penalty determination in a drug trafficking case.
• The case involved Nombre and others for drug traff...