Inter-senate divergence on alignment of BGH criminal jurisprudence

The Federal Court of Justice (BGH), 3rd Criminal Senate, ruled that the intended decision of the inquiring 1st Criminal Senate does not conflict with the established case law of the 3rd Criminal Senate, thereby leaving the latter's jurisprudence in force. The dispute arose from a procedural reference (Beschluss) where the 1st Senate sought clarification on whether its proposed legal interpretation was compatible with the 3rd Senate's precedent, involving a conflict or divergence in legal assessment within the BGH's criminal division. The decisive legal basis was the internal consistency of the BGH's criminal law jurisprudence, specifically the requirement that the 1st Senate's prospective ruling must align with the 3rd Senate's existing case law to ensure uniform legal interpretation across the court's criminal benches.