Criminal appeals and election of domicile: the Court of Cassation with judgment No. 13808/2024 clarifies Art. 581 Code of Criminal Procedure

The Supreme Court, with decision No. 13808/2024 (filed 2025), states that the duty to file the election or declaration of domicile may also be fulfilled by an express reference to a prior document already in the file. We analyse the practical meaning, the effects on inadmissibility and the conflicting case law.