Criminal appeal withdrawn and struck from the docket

6B_821/2007Federal Supreme Court / Criminal DivisionJan 23, 2008Withdrawn

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Omnilex summary

The appellant withdrew his criminal appeal to the Federal Supreme Court by letter dated 2008-01-21. The President of the Criminal Division therefore ordered the appeal struck from the docket and decided that no costs would be charged. The order was to be notified to the parties and the Solothurn cantonal appellate court.

Omnilex headnote

Withdrawal of a criminal appeal before the Federal Supreme Court; once the appeal is withdrawn, the proceedings are discontinued by striking the case from the docket. In the absence of a substantive decision, no costs are levied where the court so orders in the dispositive. The matter is concluded without review of the merits (consid. none stated).

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6B_821/2007 /hum

Verfügung vom 23. Januar 2008
Strafrechtliche Abteilung

Besetzung
Bundesrichter Schneider, Präsident,
Gerichtsschreiber Monn.

Parteien
X.________,
Beschwerdeführer,

gegen

Staatsanwaltschaft des Kantons Solothurn, Franziskanerhof, Barfüssergasse 28, 4502 Solothurn,
Beschwerdegegnerin.

Gegenstand
Tätlichkeiten,

Beschwerde gegen das Urteil des Obergerichts des Kantons Solothurn, Strafkammer, vom 31. Oktober 2007.

Erwägungen:
Die Beschwerde in Strafsachen wurde mit Schreiben vom 21. Januar 2008 zurückgezogen.

Demnach verfügt der Präsident:

1.
Die Beschwerde in Strafsachen wird vom Geschäftsverzeichnis abgeschrieben.

2.
Es werden keine Kosten erhoben.

3.
Diese Verfügung wird den Parteien und dem Obergericht des Kantons Solothurn, Strafkammer, schriftlich mitgeteilt.
Lausanne, 23. Januar 2008
Im Namen der Strafrechtlichen Abteilung
des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts
Der Präsident: Der Gerichtsschreiber:

Schneider Monn

Keywords

withdrawalcriminal appealstriking from the docketcourt costsprocedural termination

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Key legal question

Whether the criminal appeal should be removed from the docket after withdrawal.

Extracted holding

The appeal was struck from the docket following the withdrawal.

Extracted reasoning

Once the appellant withdrew the criminal appeal, there was no longer a pending challenge for the court to decide.

Key legal question

Whether court costs should be imposed despite the withdrawal.

Extracted holding

No costs were charged.

Extracted reasoning

The president ordered that no costs be levied after the withdrawal.

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