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Criminal appeal withdrawn and struck from docket

6B_940/2009Federal Supreme Court / Criminal DivisionNov 19, 2009Withdrawn

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Omnilex summary

The defendants X. and Y. filed a criminal appeal against a decision of the Bern cantonal appeal chamber in a defamation matter. They later withdrew the appeal by letter dated 2009-11-15. The President of the Federal Supreme Court’s Criminal Division therefore struck the appeal from the docket as moot and ordered that no costs be charged. The ruling was notified to the parties and to the Bern appellate court.

Omnilex headnote

Withdrawal of an appeal in criminal matters; if the appellants withdraw the recourse, the Federal Supreme Court strikes the case from the docket as moot and, absent special circumstances, waives court costs (consid. not specified).

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6B_940/2009

Verfügung vom 19. November 2009
Strafrechtliche Abteilung

Besetzung
Bundesrichter Favre, Präsident,
Gerichtsschreiber Monn.

  1. Parteien
    X.________,
  2. Y.________,
    Beschwerdeführer,

gegen

A.________,
Beschwerdegegnerin,
Generalprokurator des Kantons Bern, 3001 Bern,
Beschwerdegegner.

Gegenstand
Üble Nachrede,

Beschwerde gegen den Beschluss des Obergerichts des Kantons Bern, Anklagekammer, vom 25. September 2009 (AK Nr. 2009/422/RIP).

Der Präsident zieht in Erwägung:
Die Beschwerde in Strafsachen wurde mit Schreiben vom 15. November 2009 zurückgezogen.

Demnach verfügt der Präsident:

1.
Die Beschwerde in Strafsachen wird als gegenstandslos geworden vom Geschäftsverzeichnis abgeschrieben.

2.
Es werden keine Kosten erhoben.

3.
Diese Verfügung wird den Parteien und dem Obergericht des Kantons Bern, Anklagekammer, schriftlich mitgeteilt.

Lausanne, 19. November 2009

Im Namen der Strafrechtlichen Abteilung
des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts
Der Präsident: Der Gerichtsschreiber:

Favre Monn

Keywords

criminal appealwithdrawalmootnessdocket strikingcourt costs

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the criminal appeal should continue after withdrawal

Extracted holding

The appeal became moot after it was withdrawn and was removed from the docket.

Extracted reasoning

Because the appellants withdrew the criminal appeal in writing, there was no longer a live dispute for the Federal Supreme Court to decide.

Key legal question

Whether court costs should be charged despite the withdrawal

Extracted holding

No costs were charged.

Extracted reasoning

After the withdrawal and striking of the case from the docket, the President ordered that no costs be levied.

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