Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the criminal complaint against the juvenile respondent could be finally dismissed for lack of foreseeability and negligence
Extrahierter Entscheid
The lower court applied the wrong foreseeability standard and prematurely decided the merits; dismissal was unlawful.
Extrahierte Begründung
In a dismissal decision the authorities may not replace in dubio pro duriore with in dubio pro reo. The question was not whether the exact sequence was foreseeable, but whether the conduct was generally capable of producing or facilitating the harm under the ordinary course of events. On that basis, a conviction could not be ruled out.