Criminal revision dismissed for lack of legal error despite manifestly unfounded procedural objection

The Bundesgerichtshof (3rd Criminal Senate) dismissed the appeals of the defendants against the judgment of the Landgericht Kleve, rendering the lower court's conviction final; the court determined that the review of the appeal arguments revealed no legal errors to the defendants' detriment, and ordered each appellant to bear the costs of their respective legal remedies. In its supplementary remarks, the Senate noted that the procedural objection raised by one defendant regarding the trial procedure was manifestly unfounded based on the statutory text and established case law. The decision rests on § 349 Abs. 2 StPO, which allows for the dismissal of an appeal as unjustified if the judicial review finds no legal error, thereby upholding the original criminal judgment.