C-292 de 1997
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Reporting justice José Gregorio Hernández Galindo
✓Claimant Jorge Enrique Benavides Lopez
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- Competencia legislativa para aumento de penas
- Competencia para graduar las penas
- Establecimiento de penas distintas
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Holdings on Decreto 100/80. Hard data, verified against the operative part — citable.
Operative part (Resuelve)
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- Primero. Decláranse EXEQUIBLES los artículos 301 y 302 del Código Penal (Decreto 100 de 1980), en las partes demandadas.
- Segundo. Decláranse EXEQUIBLES, en las partes demandadas, los artículos 299, 300, 303, 304, 305, 308 y 312 del Código Penal (Decreto 100 de 1980), tal como fueron modificados por la Ley 360 de 1997.
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