Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal court violated the presumption of innocence / in dubio pro reo by finding the defendant guilty on circumstantial evidence.
Decisão extraída
The cantonal court could lawfully be convinced of guilt; the evidence assessment was not arbitrary and no serious, unavoidable doubt remained.
Fundamentação extraída
The Federal Court held that in dubio pro reo is violated only if, under objective assessment, serious and inescapable doubt should have persisted. The appellant merely attacked individual indicia, whereas the appellate court relied on a coherent overall evidentiary picture: traces on the knife, injuries, witness observations, movements before and after the attack, and the lack of concrete signs of a third perpetrator.