Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the witness statements were inadmissible because the defendant was not properly informed of earlier statements before the confrontation hearing.
Decisione estratta
The witness statements remained admissible; the defendant had sufficient awareness that earlier statements existed and no concrete prejudice from lack of an express invitation to inspect the protocols was shown.
Motivazione estratta
The defendant knew, from the police interview and the later confrontation, that the witness had already been heard and that the prosecution case relied on witness statements. The court held that the authorities must generally inform an unrepresented accused about the possibility of inspecting protocols, but the sanction for a violation under cantonal law requires an effective, not abstract, rights infringement. No such concrete impairment of defense rights was established.