Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal court unlawfully refused reopening based on alleged new facts and evidence.
Decisione estratta
The court held that the two witness statements were not shown to be sufficiently new and material to justify reopening.
Motivazione estratta
Under Art. 397 StGB and Art. 248 StPO/SG, reopening requires new and material facts or evidence capable of undermining the earlier judgment. The cantonal court’s assessment that the submissions were either not genuinely new or not sufficiently probative was not arbitrary.