Questão jurídica principal
Was the registry-based election of domicile valid for a defendant residing in Switzerland but without a fixed address?
Decisão extraída
No. Article 48 CPP applies only to parties domiciled abroad; for a person residing in Switzerland, notification had to proceed by official publication if no address was available.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the defendant lived in Switzerland even if he lacked a fixed domicile, so election of domicile at the registry could not replace edictal notification.