Key legal question
Whether the acquittal of B.___ in the appeal proceedings must also benefit A.___ under Art. 392 CPP.
Extracted holding
Yes. The same decisive factual allegation was at issue for both accused, and the appellate court’s reasoning also applied to A.___.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the core allegation was identical for both: a sham marriage allegedly induced by a CHF 35,000 payment. The incriminating statements of C.___ were unusable for A.___ as well, because A.___ never had a real opportunity to confront and question him. Without those statements, the decisive proof was lacking.