Civil claims of plaintiffs 2-6 inadmissible under revised criminal procedure

ST.2007.38Other CourtDec 4, 2007Confirmed

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The court held that the lower court correctly refused to enter into the civil claims of plaintiffs 2-6. It stated that the earlier practice under Art. 36(3) last sentence aStP could not survive the revised Criminal Procedure Code of 1 July 1999. The new Arts. 43 ff. StP establish a simplified and uniform regime for civil claims and deliberately do not reserve the Victim Assistance Act under Art. 44(2) sentence 2 StP.

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Arts. 43 ff. StP; Art. 44 Abs. 2 Satz 2 StP; admissibility of civil claims in criminal proceedings after revision of the cantonal code. The revised criminal procedure law introduced a uniform and simplified regime for civil claims and expressly anchored victim rights in cantonal procedural law. Earlier practice under Art. 36 Abs. 3 last sentence aStP cannot be maintained. The Victim Assistance Act is not reserved under Art. 44 Abs. 2 sentence 2 StP; the cantonal legislature intentionally omitted such a reservation (consid. 10).

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Auf die Zivilforderungen der Kläger 2-6 ist die Vorinstanz zutreffend nicht eingetreten; es kann im Grundsatz auf ihre Erwägungen verwiesen werden. Die Praxis zu Art. 36 Abs. 3 letzter Satz aStP kann unter dem revidierten Strafprozessgesetz vom 1. Juli 1999 nicht aufrechterhalten werden. Der Gesetzgeber hat in den Art. 43 ff. StP für die Zivilklage eine vereinfachte, einheitliche Regelung geschaffen, die Opferrechte ausdrücklich im kantonalen Prozessrecht verankert und insbesondere gegenüber Art. 44 Abs. 2 Satz 2 StP die Bestimmungen des Opferhilfegesetzes bewusst nicht vorbehalten (vgl. Begleitender Bericht zum Vorentwurf Totalrevision StP vom 25. Oktober 1995 S. 25 f.; Vernehmlassung des Kantonsgerichts hierzu vom 8. März 1996 S. 9; Botschaft StP vom 30. Juni 1998, ABl 1998 1479).

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civil claimsvictim rightscriminal procedureadmissibilityrevision of law

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Key legal question

Whether the civil claims of plaintiffs 2-6 were admissible under the revised criminal procedure law

Extracted holding

The lower court correctly declined to enter into the civil claims; the former practice under Art. 36(3) last sentence aStP cannot be maintained under the revised Criminal Procedure Code of 1 July 1999.

Extracted reasoning

The legislature created a simplified, uniform regime for civil claims in Arts. 43 ff. StP, anchored victim rights expressly in cantonal procedural law, and intentionally did not reserve the provisions of the Victim Assistance Act against Art. 44(2) sentence 2 StP.

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