450 Cs 315/10•Silence in regulatory-offence proceedings is not fraud against the state treasury
450 Cs 315/10Tribunale di primo grado2 ago 2011Diritto penaleAssolto
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The Aachen Local Court heard a fraud charge against the accused, based on the allegation that their silence during the main hearing in regulatory-offence proceedings defrauded the state treasury of procedural costs and fees. Applying the nemo tenetur principle, the court held that silence in that setting could not be construed as fraud, including fraud by omission. It acquitted the accused and ordered the state treasury to bear the costs of the proceedings and the accused's necessary expenses.
StGB Art. 263; nemo tenetur; silence in regulatory-offence proceedings cannot be construed as fraud against the state treasury. The right not to incriminate oneself prevents an accused person’s silence during the main hearing from being treated as deceptive conduct or as a breach of a duty to act, even where the prosecution alleges that silence caused the public treasury to incur costs and fees. An accused’s exercise of the right to remain silent therefore does not constitute fraud, including fraud by omission, in relation to the procedural expenses of the regulatory-offence case.
Entscheidungsdatum: 2011-08-02
Aktenzeichen: 450 Cs 315/10
ECLI: ECLI:DE:AGAC1:2011:0802.450CS315.10.00
Dokumenttyp: Urteil
Spruchkörper: Richter der Abt. 450
Normen: StGB § 263, StGB § 27, OWiG § 46, StPO §136, StPO § 243
Der nemo tenetur-Grundsatz verbietet es, ein Schweigen des Betroffenen in der Hauptverhandlung in OWi-Sachen als Betrug, ggf. durch Unterlassen, zu Lasten der Staatskasse im Hinblick auf Kosten und Gebühren des Verfahrens auszulegen.
In der Strafsache
wegen Betruges
hat das Amtsgericht Aachen, Abt. 450
aufgrund der Hauptverhandlung vom 02.08.2011,
für Recht erkannt:
Die Angeklagten werden freigesprochen.
Die Kosten des Verfahrens und ihre notwendigen Auslagen trägt die Staatskasse.
Whether the accused committed fraud, including by omission, against the state treasury by remaining silent during the main hearing in regulatory-offence proceedings.
The accused's silence could not be treated as fraud against the state treasury.
The nemo tenetur principle prohibits construing an accused person's silence at the main hearing in regulatory-offence proceedings as fraud, including fraud by omission, concerning the costs and fees of the proceedings.
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