从定性之错到量刑之难——许霆案判决核准生效后的思考

From the Qualitative Error to Difficulty in Sentence Discretion——Examined and Approved Sentence on Xu Ting Case

许霆案的判决业经最高法院核准生效,但对许案的理论分歧并未消除。一起普通的刑事案件从原审的无期徒刑到重审时在法定刑以下判处5年有期徒刑,其量刑之难实则源于定性之错。许霆按照正常程序取款完全符合《电子签名法》,相当于传统方式的签字领款,其合法性足以对抗盗窃罪之"秘密窃取"。利用电子错误侵占财产的行为应属轻罪,以侵占罪定性有利于罪责刑的平衡。对许霆案的热议给了我们有益的启示。

The sentence on Xu Ting Case was examined and approved by Supreme People’s Court,but there is theoretical disagreement on Xu Ting Case.A common criminal case was sentenced of life sentence in the first trial,but was sentenced of imprisonment for 5 years below the legal punishment in the retrial.Its difficulty in sentence discretion results from qualitative error.Xu Ting uses the normal programs,equal to the traditional signing-receiving way,which is legal according to the electronic signature law.Its legiti...