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Scope of criminal complaint in continuing offences

ZZ.1990.34Other CourtDec 17, 1990Other

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Omnilex summary

The Obergericht Strafkammer held that under Art. 28 StGB a criminal complaint may be limited to acts already committed. In cases involving a continuing course of conduct, the complaint does not automatically extend to later acts committed afterwards. The decision clarifies that the complainant must expressly cover later conduct if it is to be prosecuted.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 28 StGB; scope of a criminal complaint in continuing offences: a criminal complaint is effective only for the partial acts already committed at the time of filing. Where a prohibited conduct continues over time, the complaint does not by operation of law encompass subsequent acts committed later. The temporal reach of the complaint is determined by its content and the acts actually covered; future conduct requires its own inclusion or a new complaint (consid. unspecified).

Full text

Geschäftsnummer:** ZZ.1990.34**
Instanz:Strafkammer
Entscheiddatum:18.12.1990
FindInfo-Nummer:O_ST.2015.89
Titel:** Umfang des Strafantrages**
Resümee:** Art. 28 StGB. Umfang des Strafantrags. Der Strafantrag kann sich auch bei Delikten, die in Fortsetzungszusammenhang stehen, nur auf die bereits verübten (Teil-)Handlungen beziehen und wirkt sich nicht eo ipso auch für die zukünftig (fortgesetzt) verübten Delikte aus.**
SOG 1990 Nr. 34 ** Art. 28 StGB.*Umfang des Strafantrags. Der Strafantrag kann sich auch bei Delikten, die in Fortsetzungszusammenhang stehen, nur auf die bereits verübten (Teil-)Handlungen beziehen und wirkt sich nicht eo ipso auch für die zukünftig (fortgesetzt) verübten Delikte aus. * Obergericht Strafkammer, Urteil vom 18. Dezember 1990

Keywords

criminal complaintcontinuing offencetemporal scopepartial actsprosecution conditions

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether a criminal complaint extends to later acts committed in a continuing course of conduct.

Extracted holding

A criminal complaint may relate only to the already committed partial acts; it does not automatically cover later acts committed thereafter.

Extracted reasoning

Even where offences are connected by a continuing course of conduct, the complaint is limited to the acts already committed and does not eo ipso extend to future, later repeated conduct.

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