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Direct intent may be considered aggravating as a whole

BGH 5 ARs 57/16Bgh / Criminal Chamber 5Feb 23, 2017Other

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On a request from the 2nd Criminal Senate, the 5th Criminal Senate held that undifferentiated direct intent may be taken into account to the defendant's detriment when sentencing. The Senate expressly abandoned its earlier contrary case law, including the cited 2015 decision, insofar as it conflicted with this view.

Omnilex headnote

Direct intent; sentencing aggravation; undifferentiated direct intent may be considered against the offender in the assessment of punishment. The court adopts the requesting senate's view and abandons previous case law to the contrary (consid. tenor).

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BGH — 5 ARs 57/16, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2017-02-23

Aktenzeichen: 5 ARs 57/16

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BGH:2017:230217B5ARS57.16.0

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Vorinstanz: nachgehend BGH, 10. Januar 2018, Az: 2 StR 150/15, Urteil

Spruchkörper: 5. Strafsenat

Tenor

Der Senat stimmt der Rechtsansicht des anfragenden 2. Strafsenats zu. Er gibt eigene Rechtsprechung auf, soweit sie der Anfrage entgegenstehen sollte (vgl. BGH, Beschluss vom 14. Oktober 2015 - 5 StR 355/15, NStZ-RR 2016, 8 zur strafschärfenden Berücksichtigung von nicht näher differenziertem direkten Vorsatz insgesamt).

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Keywords

sentencingintentaggravationcase law changedirect intent

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether undifferentiated direct intent may be considered to the defendant's detriment in sentencing.

Extracted holding

Yes. The Senate agreed with the requesting senate and abandoned any earlier case law to the contrary.

Extracted reasoning

The tenor states that the Senate adopts the requesting senate's legal view and expressly gives up prior jurisprudence insofar as it conflicted, including the cited 2015 decision on aggravating consideration of undifferentiated direct intent.

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