Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the Obergericht violated the right to be heard by refusing to personally hear the defendant on appeal.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No violation: under cantonal procedure and Article 29(2) BV, no right to oral re-hearing existed, and the court could rely on anticipatory assessment of the evidence.
Extrahierte Begründung
The appellate court had already addressed the relevant submissions. A further personal hearing would not have yielded new findings, so the refusal was not arbitrary and did not breach the minimum constitutional hearing guarantees.