Art. 20 Schweizerisches Strafgesetzbuch (StGB)

SST.2024.191 · ag (Art. 20 StGB)

Sentencing and Deportation Re-evaluation After Innocence Presumption Violation

Cited in relation to the necessity of obtaining an expert opinion on diminished capacity.

P/21840/2023 · ge (Art. 20 CP)

Criminal Responsibility Evaluation vs. Presumption of Innocence

The main legal ground establishing the conditions under which an expert opinion must be ordered, which justifies confirming the contested order.

P/21421/2021 · ge (art. 20 CP)

Appeal Against Robbery Conviction and Sentence Due to Alleged Mental Disorder

Cited as the provision governing when the court must order an expert opinion regarding responsibility.

P/7967/2023 · ge (art. 20 CP)

Prosecutor's Order for Psychiatric Evaluation Upheld Against Appeal

Cited as the basis for ordering an expert opinion when there is a serious reason to doubt the author's criminal responsibility (although the court ultimately confirmed the order based on these facts).

SBK.2023.137 · ag (Art. 20 StGB)

Defendant's Mental State Not Subject to Psychiatric Evaluation

Cited as the legal basis for ordering expert assessment when there are serious doubts about the defendant's capacity.

P/19808/2019 · ge (art. 20 CP)

Public Prosecutor v. Dismissal of Defamation and Threats Proceedings Due to Unassessed Mental Incapacity

Cited as the legal basis for ordering an expert assessment when there is serious doubt about the author's responsibility.

D.cision.2023.18 · vd (Art. 20 CP)

Prosecutor's Order for Psychiatric Evaluation Upheld Despite Lack of Prior Medical Findings

The court confirmed the psychiatric assessment order based on the criteria established in this article regarding doubt about the author's responsibility.

SBK.2022.312 · ag (Art. 20 StGB)

Moot Appeal of Psychiatric Evaluation Order Dismissed

Cited as the legal provision that requires clarification of the full criminal responsibility within the scope of a forensic psychiatric expert report.

Ord.2022.3 · vd (Art. 20 CP)

Appeal with Order for Psychiatric Evaluation on Criminal Responsibility

Cited in the operative part to order a psychiatric expertise.

P/14080/2022 · ge (Art. 20 CP)

Prosecutor's Psychiatric Evaluation Upheld Despite Appeal on Proportionality

Cited in the reasoning as a provision that mandates an expert if there is serious doubt regarding the author's responsibility.

P/14598/2017 · ge (art. 20 CP)

Appeal Against Psychiatric Examination Order in Child Sexual Abuse Case

The court implicitly relies on this provision (related to mental state/responsibility) as the central ground for assessing the necessity of the psychiatric expertise, which it ultimately found not to be met.

D.cision.2022.74 · vd (Art. 20 CP)

Appellant v. Public Prosecutor on Psychiatric Evaluation Order Motivation

Mentioned as the general legal basis for ordering an expert opinion, although the decision ultimately annulled the order due to insufficient reasoning under this standard.

ARMP.2022.56 · ne (Art. 20 CP)

Appeal Against Psychiatric Evaluation Order in Sexual Coercion and Assault Case

Cited as the legal basis requiring an expert assessment when there is serious doubt about the perpetrator's responsibility.

P/15481/2018 · ge (Art. 20 CP)

Challenge to Psychiatric Evaluation in Extortion and Homicide Case

Cited in the context of the main ground for rejecting the appeal, concerning doubt about criminal responsibility, which justifies an expert opinion.

SBK.2022.68 · ag (Art. 20 StGB)

Prosecutor's Psychiatric Evaluation Upheld Despite Procedural Flaw

Cited as the legal basis for ordering a psychiatric assessment when there are serious doubts about the defendant's culpability.