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2 BvR 373/25 ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2025:rk20250605.2bvr037325 AI generated

Constitutional complaint against criminal conviction for judicial misconduct: failure to substantiate arbitrary application of criminal law violating the prohibition of arbitrariness

Case Number 2 BvR 373/25
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
Decision Date
Outcome Inadmissible
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The Federal Constitutional Court declined to accept the constitutional complaint for decision, leaving the underlying criminal revision judgment in force. The petitioner challenged a court decision in a criminal prosecution for judicial misconduct, arguing that the application of criminal statutes violated the prohibition of arbitrariness under the constitutional principle of equality. The Court held that the interpretation and application of criminal law to specific facts are reserved for the specialized courts and are generally beyond constitutional review, except in rare instances where the lower court’s reasoning fails to meet the threshold of arbitrary decision-making. The petition failed because the complainant did not conclusively demonstrate that the challenged ruling constituted such a breach of the prohibition of arbitrariness.

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Constitutional complaint against criminal conviction for judicial misconduct: failure to substantiate arbitrary application of criminal law violating the prohibition of arbitrariness: The petitioner challenged a court decision in a criminal prosecution for judicial misconduct, arguing that the application of criminal statutes violated the prohibition of arbitrariness under the constitutional principle of equality. The Court held that the interpretation and application of criminal law to specific facts are reserved for the specialized courts and are generally beyond constitutional review, except in rare instances where the lower court’s reasoning fails to meet the threshold of arbitrary decision-making. The petition failed because the complainant did not conclusively demonstrate that the challenged ruling constituted such a breach of the prohibition of arbitrariness.

Keywords

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judicial law constitutional equality criminal complaint prohibition of arbitrariness criminal revision inadequate constitutional complaint

Cited Case Law

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BVerfGE 74, 102
BVerfGE 74, 102 ; BVerfG, Beschluss der 2.
2 BvR 2054/19
Arbitrary refusal to rule on adhesion claims in criminal proceedings violates prohibition of willfulness
2 BvR 499/23
Arbitrary dismissal of revision: failure to address missing factual findings on actual receipt of criminal proceeds in drug trafficking confiscation orders
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2 BvR 943/18
Constitutional complaint denied: no general right to law enforcement derivable from human dignity or equality principles.
2 BvR 2477/15
Constitutional complaint: Failure to rebut alternative legal basis rendering complaint inadmissible despite flawed primary reasoning on procedural violation.
2 BvR 2114/19
Unconstitutional refusal to prosecute criminal offenses: non-admissibility of constitutional complaint lacking concrete public authority act
2 BvR 1547/20
Non-prosecution enforcement: inadmissibility of constitutional complaint due to failure to exhaust ordinary criminal review remedies
2 BvR 620/19
Unconstitutionality of prison disciplinary measures: inadmissibility of constitutional complaint due to unchallenged formal defects in ordinary legal appeal

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Nichtannahmebeschluss mit Tenorbegründung: Mangels hinreichender Begründung unzulässige Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Revisionsentscheidung in einem Strafverfahren wegen Rechtsbeugung

[TENOR]

Die Verfassungsbeschwerde wird nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen. Die Auslegung der Strafgesetze und ihre Anwendung auf den einzelnen Fall sind Sache der dafür zuständigen Gerichte und daher der Nachprüfung durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht grundsätzlich entzogen; ein verfassungsgerichtliches Eingreifen gegenüber Entscheidungen der Fachgerichte kommt nur in seltenen Ausnahmefällen unter dem vom Beschwerdeführer gerügten Gesichtspunkt der Verletzung des Gleichheitssatzes in seiner Bedeutung als Willkürverbot in Betracht (vgl. BVerfGE 74, 102 ; BVerfG, Beschluss der 2. Kammer des Zweiten Senats vom 27. Mai 2020 - 2 BvR 2054/19 -, Rn. 35; Beschluss der 3. Kammer des Zweiten Senats vom 20. Oktober 2023 - 2 BvR 499/23 -, Rn. 26). Einen solchen Verstoß gegen das Willkürverbot zeigt die Verfassungsbeschwerde nicht schlüssig auf.

[GRUENDE]

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