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Probation Extension Upheld Due to Persistent Psychiatric Instability; Treatment Enforcement Left to Probation Services

Case Number 21 10 40
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Switzerland · Canton of Lucerne (CH-LU)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The court upheld the extension of a probationary period for a conditionally released individual suffering from paranoid schizophrenia due to persistent psychiatric instability and inadequate insight, despite proven adherence to previous outpatient treatment, reasoning that an extension under the relevant penal code provision is permissible solely on illness-specific grounds when necessary to prevent future offenses. The court affirmed its authority to mandate psychiatric treatment as a condition but deemed that the precise definition and enforcement of that treatment, including medication where difficult to administer coercively in freedom, falls under the competence of the execution and probation services, which alone can order a new expert assessment.

Legislator headnote

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Art. 62 Abs. 3 und 4 lit. b StGB. Bedingte Entlassung: Verlängerung der Probezeit allein aus krankheitsspezifischen Gründen und ihre Verknüpfung mit Bedingungen und deren Definition durch das zuständige Gericht sind zulässig. Verzicht auf Anordnung einer in Freiheit kaum durchsetzbaren Zwangsmedikation. Ausschliessliche Kompetenz der Vollzugs- und Be-währungsdienste für die Anordnung einer Neubegutachtung. | Strafrecht

Keywords

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psychiatric treatment extension of probation period enforcement persistent criminality continuation of detention extension of therapeutic measures

Cited Legislation

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Art. 62b Abs. 1 StGB
Art. 62 Abs. 4 lit. b StGB
Leitsatz: · Art. 62 Abs.
Art. 62 StGB
Leitsatz: · Art. 62 Abs.
Art. 62 Abs. 3 StGB
Leitsatz: · Art. 62 Abs.
Art. 62 Abs. 3 und 4 lit. b StGB
This provision is the main legal basis cited in the operative part regarding the extension of probation and associated conditions for the conditionally released person.

Cited Case Law

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BGE 135 IV 139
Extension of Stationary Therapeutic Measure; Duration of Indefinite Extension Limited to Five Years Maximum.
BGE 102 IV 15
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4M 13 30
Sexual Offense Sentence Upheld with Mandatory Psychotherapy Probation Condition
21 97 202
Suspended Sentence Revocation Based on Inadequate Psychotherapeutic Treatment
V 91 64
Appeal Against Precautionary Mental Commitment Upheld
21 08 172
Conviction Upheld; Forensic Measure Denied Due to Timing of Abnormal Mental State

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Art. 62 Abs. 3 und 4 lit. b StGB

This provision is the main legal basis cited in the operative part regarding the extension of probation and associated conditions for the conditionally released person.

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Rechtsprechung Luzern

Instanz: · Obergericht

Abteilung: · II. Kammer

Rechtsgebiet: · Strafrecht

Entscheiddatum: · 31.08.2010

Fallnummer: · 21 10 40

LGVE: · 2010 I Nr. 40

Leitsatz: · Art. 62 Abs. 3 und 4 lit. b StGB. Bedingte Entlassung: Verlängerung der Probezeit allein aus krankheitsspezifischen Gründen und ihre Verknüpfung mit Bedingungen und deren Definition durch das zuständige Gericht sind zulässig. Verzicht auf Anordnung einer in Freiheit kaum durchsetzbaren Zwangsmedikation. Ausschliessliche Kompetenz der Vollzugs- und Be-währungsdienste für die Anordnung einer Neubegutachtung.

Rechtskraft: · Diese Entscheidung ist rechtskräftig.