Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the forensic expert was disqualified because of prior therapeutic and supervisory involvement with the defendant's treatment.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The court found that Dr. B. gave rise to an appearance of bias under Art. 56(4) SCC and that expert independence was not ensured, but it left the conviction and appellate judgment in place because a new expert would not have changed the result.
Extrahierte Begründung
Dr. A. had not treated or otherwise cared for the defendant; his participation in the crisis meeting did not amount to treatment. Dr. B., however, had supervised the ambulatory measure and co-authored the earlier expert report, so the appearance of bias could not be excluded. A later supplementary report could not cure that defect, but no useful purpose would be served by repeating the proceedings because the reports themselves were not substantively challenged.