Key legal question
Whether an ambulatory treatment order under Art. 44 StGB required a psychiatric assessment of the defendant's physical and mental condition and treatment suitability.
Extracted holding
Yes. For drug-dependent offenders, the court must usually obtain expert information on the causal link, treatment need, suitability, and compatibility with sentence execution; here the file contained no sufficient specialist report.
Extracted reasoning
Although a full expert opinion may be dispensed with in simple cases, the record contained no current specialist assessment. The lower court could not replace this by its own assessment or rely on the defendant's unfiled promises to submit reports.