Key legal question
Whether the appellate court violated the right to be heard by deciding without hearing the defendant after remand.
Extracted holding
A hearing right was in principle infringed, but the violation had no effect on the outcome, so annulment was unnecessary.
Extracted reasoning
After remand the only relevant question was the prognosis under Art. 63b(4) StGB. The defendant did not show any new circumstances that could matter, and the court could therefore leave the judgment in place despite the procedural flaw.