Key legal question
Whether the victim's mother had standing to challenge the criminal acquittal by public-law appeal.
Extracted holding
She lacked standing to attack the merits because she had not asserted civil claims in the cantonal criminal proceedings and had no acceptable reason for that omission.
Extracted reasoning
A crime victim or assimilated person may challenge a non-prosecution or acquittal only if the decision can affect civil claims. Since the proceedings had reached a stage allowing civil claims and none were filed, art. 8(1)(c) LAVI was not met.