The High Court rejected Ioan Mircea Oprean's request to notify the Constitutional Court for the annulment of the convictions of the Ceaușescu spouses, thus maintaining the death sentence from 1989.

The High Court of Cassation and Justice rejected the request of Ioan Mircea Oprean, former son-in-law of Nicolae Ceaușescu, to refer the case to the Constitutional Court for the annulment of the death sentence of Nicolae Ceaușescu's spouses. Ioan Mircea Oprean argued that the trial in 1989 was illegal, claiming that there was no concrete evidence and that the Extraordinary Military Tribunal was not legally constituted. His request was rejected by the Romanian courts, which passed the case between them, generating a conflict of jurisdiction.

Subsequently, the case was sent back to the Military Court of Appeal, which upheld the conviction. Ioan Mircea Oprean also requested the referral to the CCR for a plea of unconstitutionality, but this was rejected. Analyzing the reasons behind these actions, historian Alexandru Groza suggested that Ioan Mircea Oprean might be seeking the recovery of assets confiscated from the Ceaușescu family, considering that the Ceaușescu spouses were convicted of genocide and other crimes, and their wealth was confiscated.