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Sentencing discretion when mitigating factors overlap

BGH 5 StR 201/15Bgh / Criminal Chamber 54 giu 2015Dismissed

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The Federal Court of Justice dismissed the defendant's revision against the Berlin Regional Court judgment. It held that when both a mitigated statutory sentencing range under § 49 StGB and the range for a lesser case may apply, the trial court must consider the issue in a comprehensive assessment but is not required to select the most favorable range for the accused. The doubt rule does not govern that choice. The appeal was therefore rejected under § 349 Abs. 2 StPO, with costs imposed on the appellant.

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§§ 49, 50 StGB; sentencing framework selection where several mitigating grounds overlap: When a statutory mitigation under § 49 StGB and the framework for a lesser case are both conceivable, the trial court must examine the available sentencing ranges in a comprehensive overall assessment. It is, however, not compelled to adopt the framework most favorable to the defendant; the choice of sentencing framework is a matter of proper judicial discretion. The rule in dubio pro reo does not govern this selection (consid. 1).

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BGH — 5 StR 201/15, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2015-06-04

Aktenzeichen: 5 StR 201/15

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 49 StGB, § 50 StGB

Vorinstanz: vorgehend LG Berlin, 30. Januar 2015, Az: (523) 272 Js 3824/14 KLs (28/14)

Spruchkörper: 5. Strafsenat

Titelzeile

Strafzumessung: Zusammentreffen von Strafmilderungsgründen

Tenor

Die Revision des Angeklagten gegen das Urteil des Landgerichts Berlin vom 30. Januar 2015 wird nach § 349 Abs. 2 StPO als unbegründet verworfen.

Der Beschwerdeführer hat die Kosten des Rechtsmittels zu tragen.

Ergänzend zur Antragsschrift des Generalbundesanwalts vom 15. Mai 2015 bemerkt der Senat:

Das Tatgericht ist zwar bei der Strafrahmenwahl verpflichtet, in einer Gesamtwürdigung zu prüfen, ob es den nach § 49 StGB gemilderten Regelstrafrahmen oder denjenigen eines minder schweren Falls anwendet (vgl. BGH, Beschluss vom 11. August 1987 - 3 StR 341/87, BGHR StGB vor § 1 minder schwerer Fall Strafrahmenwahl 4). Es ist indes nicht verpflichtet, den jeweils für den Angeklagten günstigeren Strafrahmen zugrunde zu legen; es unterliegt vielmehr seiner pflichtgemäßen Entscheidung, welchen Strafrahmen es wählt (vgl. BGH, Urteile vom 3. Mai 1966 - 5 StR 173/66, BGHSt 21, 57, 59; vom 19. Januar 1982 - 1 StR 734/81, NStZ 1982, 200; Lackner/Kühl, StGB, 28. Aufl., § 50 Rn. 2; Schäfer/Sander/van Gemmeren, Praxis der Strafzumessung, 5. Aufl., Rn. 933; aA Theune in LK-StGB, 12. Aufl., § 50 Rn. 15 f.; Horn/Wolters, SK-StGB, 8. Aufl., § 50 Rn. 5; Fischer, StGB, 62. Aufl., § 50 Rn. 5). Der Zweifelssatz findet insofern keine Anwendung.

Sander Schneider Dölp

König Feilcke

Parole chiave

sentencing discretionmitigating circumstanceslesser caserevisiondoubt rulecosts

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Questione giuridica chiave

Whether the trial court had to choose the most favorable sentencing framework when § 49 StGB mitigation and a lesser case were both possible.

Decisione estratta

The trial court must assess both possibilities in a global evaluation, but it is not obliged to apply the sentencing framework most favorable to the defendant; choosing the framework lies within its proper judicial discretion.

Motivazione estratta

The court held that the doubt rule does not apply to the choice between a mitigated regular framework and the framework for a lesser case. The trial court's sentencing framework selection is reviewable only for legal error, not for failure to select the most lenient option.

Questione giuridica chiave

The defendant's revision against the Berlin Regional Court judgment.

Decisione estratta

The revision was unfounded.

Motivazione estratta

No legal error in the sentencing framework selection was shown.

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