Criminal appeal dismissed for failure to prove doubt regarding defendant's unrestricted capacity for guilt

The German Federal Court of Justice (6th Criminal Senate) dismissed the defendant's appeal against the conviction rendered by the Nuremberg-Fürth Regional Court, ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the appellate proceedings and the necessary expenses of the counterparty. The dispute concerned the sufficiency of the trial court's reasoning regarding the defendant's mental state, specifically challenging whether the court had adequately justified its conclusion of full criminal responsibility. The appellate court held that despite some arguably misleading phrasing in the judgment, the overall context of the reasoning allowed the appellate court to deduce that the lower panel harbored no doubts regarding the defendant's unrestricted capacity for guilt after completing its evidence assessment, thereby rendering the appeal unfounded on the ground of logical error.