Question juridique clé
Whether Schaffhausen's decision to assist in enforcing an out-of-canton criminal judgment deprived Ruh of his lawful judge guarantee.
Solution extraite
No. The cantonal decision merely granted legal assistance for execution of a foreign judgment and did not assert criminal jurisdiction over Ruh or refer him to another court.
Motifs extraits
The challenged measure did not constitute an exercise of Schaffhausen's own criminal jurisdiction. The question whether the St. Gallen court was competent could not be raised against the enforcement decision, and no federal rule gave a defendant a right to be prosecuted only in his home canton.