Question juridique clé
Whether the warning at the start of the first interrogation satisfied Art. 158(1)(a) StPO and preserved the statement’s admissibility.
Solution extraite
No. The notice that a preliminary investigation concerned possible drug dealing was too general and did not sufficiently specify the subject matter of the investigation.
Motifs extraits
The accused must be informed as precisely as possible about the alleged conduct so that he can decide how to exercise his defense rights. A vague, unspecific reference to drug trafficking or drug-containing medicines does not meet this requirement; the problem was aggravated because questioning continued after the accused clearly said he did not wish to make statements and was then presented as being questioned in another person’s investigation.