Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the indictment principle was violated because the indictment did not expressly allege the appellant's awareness of the unlawfulness of the means-end combination in attempted coercion.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The indictment sufficiently described the conduct and made clear that the factual and legal core of the coercion charge was the same; the appellant could not claim surprise.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that the accused was bound only by the facts alleged, not by the prosecutor's legal characterization. The indictment described the alleged blackmail scheme in detail and made the constructed nature of the claimed debt clear. Since unlawfulness in coercion had to be positively established, defense counsel had the opportunity to address that issue at trial. Omitting an express allegation about the appellant's awareness did not amount to a constitutional defect.