Questione giuridica chiave
Whether severing the criminal proceedings and deciding only the ready counts violated Art. 68 StGB or ne bis in idem.
Decisione estratta
No. Article 68 StGB favors joint determination where possible, but it does not give the accused a right to have all offenses judged by one and the same court in one single proceeding; the split was justified by the different procedural readiness of the counts.
Motivazione estratta
The separate counts were ripe for decision, whereas the remaining investigation would have taken years. The severance did not circumvent substantive criminal law, and the offenses were independently assessable despite an overall factual context.