Brief considerations regarding decision no. 26/2021 of the constitutional court regarding the constitutionality of the provisions of the art. 4881 paragraph 2 of Code of criminal procedure

In the present study, the author analyzes the provisions of art. 4881 of the Code of Criminal Procedure which, until now, have been the subject of multiple exceptions of unconstitutionality examined by the Constitutional Court. Mainly, the study focuses on the considerations set out in Decision no. 26/2021 pronounced by Constitutional Court in which was statued the constitutionality of the provisions of art. 4881 paragraph 2 and 3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In his approach, the author makes additional arguments in support of the unconstitutionality of the rule by reference to national and European provisions enshrining the principle of equality of citizens before the law.