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Incapacitated Offender Institutionalization under Swiss Penal Code

Case Number BGE 88 IV 10
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Switzerland · Federal Supreme Court (BGer / BGE) (CH)
Outcome Partially Allowed
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Incapacitated Offender Institutionalization under Swiss Penal Code A case raised the question of whether a completely incapacitated offender could be subject to institutionalization (Verwahrung) under the Swiss Penal Code (StGB). The court held that if an offender is found to be completely unaccountable (völlige Unzurechnungsfähigkeit) for their actions, they are not punishable under Article 10 StGB, and this lack of culpability also precludes the application of institutionalization measures under Article 42 StGB; in such circumstances, only measures specified in Article 14 or 15 StGB could be considered, correcting a previous oversight in a related prior judgment concerning the scope of institutionalization for non-culpable individuals.

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Regeste Art. 10 und 42 StGB. Völlige Unzurechnungsfähigkeit des Täters schliesst dessen Verwahrung nach Art. 42 StGB aus.

Keywords

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law relating to prisons individualization of criminal sentence punishability institutional therapeutic measure code of criminal procedure diminished criminal responsibility

Cited Legislation

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Art. 42 StGB
The provision detailing commitment (Verwahrung) is cited in the reasoning as being excluded if the accused is fully irresponsible.
Art. 13 StGB
Vorab stellt sich sowohl im Hinblick auf die Strafe wie auf die Verwahrung die Frage einer neuen psychiatrischen Begutachtung (Art. 13 StGB).
Art. 10 StGB
The provision is cited in the reasoning indicating that full irresponsibility excludes criminal liability, which implies a potential basis for the decision regarding penal consequences.
Art. 14 oder
Massnahme nach Art. 14 oder 15 StGB.

Cited Case Law

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BGE 86 IV 204
Trachsler, veröffentlicht in BGE 86 IV 204, beruht auf einem Versehen und ist zu berichtigen.
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6B_703/2011
Defendant v. Switzerland (Indefinite Institutionalization and Murder Conviction)
BGE 100 IV 137
Swiss Criminal Code Interpretation on Pre-emptive Detention and Conditional Release
6S.196/2004
Indefinite Institutionalization for Chronic Alcoholic Offender Despite Minor Index Crime
6B_157/2019
Swiss Federal Supreme Court Upholds Conversion of Sentence to Institutional Internment Based on New Psychiatric Diagnosis
BGE 98 IV 1
Federal Supreme Court Ruling on Renewed Institutional Custody After Offenses Committed During Custody

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Art. 10 StGB

The provision is cited in the reasoning indicating that full irresponsibility excludes criminal liability, which implies a potential basis for the decision regarding penal consequences.

Art. 42 StGB

The provision detailing commitment (Verwahrung) is cited in the reasoning as being excluded if the accused is fully irresponsible.

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Subsequent Decisions Citing This Judgment (2)

BGE 92 IV 77
Preventive detention of habitual offender under Article 42 SCC: judge may not substitute a guardianship or administrative measure for the statutory criminal sanction.
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BGE 93 IV 3
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88 IV 10

4. Auszug aus dem Urteil des Kassationshofes vom 8. Februar 1962 i.S. Schwendimann gegen Staatsanwaltschaft des Kantons Aargau.

Regeste

Art. 10 und 42 StGB.

Völlige Unzurechnungsfähigkeit des Täters schliesst dessen Verwahrung nach Art. 42 StGB aus.

Erwägungen ab Seite 10

BGE 88 IV 10 S. 10

Aus den Erwägungen:

Vorab stellt sich sowohl im Hinblick auf die Strafe wie auf die Verwahrung die Frage einer neuen psychiatrischen Begutachtung (Art. 13 StGB). Bei völliger Unzurechnungsfähigkeit, die allerdings wenig wahrscheinlich ist, wäre der Beschwerdeführer nicht strafbar (Art. 10 StGB), und das würde auch seine Verwahrung nach Art. 42 StGB ausschliessen. In Betracht käme diesfalls nur eine

BGE 88 IV 10 S. 11

Massnahme nach Art. 14 oder 15 StGB. Die anderslautende Fassung des Urteils des Kassationshofes vom 23. Dezember 1960 i.S. Trachsler, veröffentlicht in BGE 86 IV 204, beruht auf einem Versehen und ist zu berichtigen.