No conflict with prior 5th Criminal Senate case law

BGH 5 ARs 60/15Bgh / Criminal Chamber 5Mar 2, 2016Confirmed

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Omnilex summary

On an inter-senate request in criminal cassation proceedings, the 5th Criminal Senate of the Federal Court of Justice held that the intended decision of the 3rd Criminal Senate was not contrary to its own prior case law. The Senate further declared that it no longer adheres to any earlier diverging case law, as set out in the request order.

Omnilex headnote

Inter-senate request in criminal cassation proceedings; no conflict with prior case law of another criminal senate. Where the deciding senate expressly disavows any earlier divergent case law, the intended decision of the requesting senate is not precluded by that prior line of authority.

Full text

BGH — 5 ARs 60/15, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-03-02

Aktenzeichen: 5 ARs 60/15

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BGH:2016:020316B5ARS60.15.0

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Vorinstanz: nachgehend BGH, 24. Juli 2018, Az: 3 StR 236/15, Beschluss

Spruchkörper: 5. Strafsenat

Tenor

Der beabsichtigten Entscheidung des 3. Strafsenats steht Rechtsprechung des 5. Strafsenats nicht entgegen. An eventuell früher abweichender Rechtsprechung hält der Senat aus den Gründen des Anfragebeschlusses nicht fest.

Sander Schneider König

Berger Feilcke

Keywords

criminal cassationdivergent case lawsenate conflictrequest procedure

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Key legal question

Whether the intended decision of the 3rd Criminal Senate conflicts with prior case law of the 5th Criminal Senate.

Extracted holding

No conflict exists; any earlier divergent case law of the 5th Criminal Senate is no longer maintained.

Extracted reasoning

The 5th Criminal Senate expressly stated that its own case law does not stand in the way of the intended decision and that it no longer adheres to any earlier divergent case law for the reasons stated in the request order.

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