Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the suspension of the criminal investigation pending the divorce proceedings was lawful
Extrahierter Entscheid
The suspension was incompatible with the constitutional requirement of trial within a reasonable time; the investigation had to continue without waiting for the civil proceedings to end.
Extrahierte Begründung
Suspension of criminal proceedings is exceptional and appropriate only where the other proceedings are truly constitutive or clearly prejudicial. Here, the divorce and related civil disputes were not constitutive for the criminal case, so an indefinite suspension violated the acceleration principle.