Key legal question
Whether the victim’s request for use of confiscated proceeds under Art. 73 StGB was still admissible and had to be decided on the merits
Extracted holding
The request remained admissible; the lower courts should have ruled on it on the merits despite the prior confiscation to the State.
Extracted reasoning
A confiscation in favor of the State does not exclude a later victim allocation under Art. 73 StGB. The first instance had not actually decided the request, and the appellate court erred in treating it as finally rejected.