Question juridique clé
Whether the appellate court could decide the remanded appeal in writing without hearing witness A.
Solution extraite
No. In the remanded case, the decisive factual issues required an oral appeal hearing and the direct examination of the sole incriminating witness.
Motifs extraits
The Federal Court held that where the remand concerned unresolved factual questions and the prosecution had expressly requested the witness examination, the appellate court could not dispense with it. The written procedure violated Art. 406 StPO, Art. 389(3) StPO, and the right to be heard.