Key legal question
Whether the cassation court's non-entry into the cantonal nullity complaint for lack of substantiation amounted to excessive formalism and a denial of hearing under Art. 29 BV.
Extracted holding
No. The cantonal court could require a concrete challenge to the appellate reasoning and specific references to the record; its refusal to enter was not excessively formalistic and did not violate the right to be heard.
Extracted reasoning
The federal court held that a nullity complaint is not a continuation of the trial proceedings and must itself substantiate the alleged defect. The complainant failed to address the appellate court's own reasons, so the cassation court was entitled to find insufficient substantiation.