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Robbery Completion Despite Abandonment of Partial Proceeds

Case Number 21 09 36
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Switzerland · Canton of Lucerne (CH-LU)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted

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The court addressed whether a robbery was completed when a portion of the stolen money, though seized and placed in a bag by the perpetrator, was accidentally left behind inside the bank. The lower court deemed this an attempted robbery because the perpetrator had not fully established new possession outside the bank's sphere of control. However, the appellate court, aligning with the prevailing legal opinion and viewing the Federal Court's tendency to favor the apprehension theory, ruled that the robbery was complete; the court reasoned that the perpetrator had achieved actual control over the bagged money and possessed the immediate ability to carry it away ("Wegschaffungsmöglichkeit"), thereby breaking the bank's custody and fulfilling the taking element required for completed robbery under the relevant statute, despite the subsequent accidental abandonment.

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Art. 140 Ziff. 4 StGB. Annahme eines vollendeten Raubes aufgrund der tatsächlichen Herrschaft und der Wegschaffungsmöglichkeit des vom Täter erbeuteten, aber in der Bank zurückgelassenen Geldes als erforderliche Voraussetzung für den Gewahrsamswechsel. | Art. 140 Ziff. 4 StGB | Strafrecht

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robbery proceeds forfeiture of crime proceeds completed attempt dismissal for theft bank check

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Art. 140 Ziff. 4 StGB

This article forms the legal basis for finding the defendant guilty of completed robbery.

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Rechtsprechung Luzern

Instanz: · Kantonsgericht

Abteilung: · 2. Abteilung

Rechtsgebiet: · Strafrecht

Entscheiddatum: · 29.10.2009

Fallnummer: · 21 09 36

LGVE: · 2010 I Nr. 41

Gesetzesartikel: · Art. 140 Ziff. 4 StGB

Leitsatz: · Art. 140 Ziff. 4 StGB. Annahme eines vollendeten Raubes aufgrund der tatsächlichen Herrschaft und der Wegschaffungsmöglichkeit des vom Täter erbeuteten, aber in der Bank zurückgelassenen Geldes als erforderliche Voraussetzung für den Gewahrsamswechsel.

Rechtskraft: · Dieser Entscheid ist rechtskräftig.