Criminal Procedure Code (Strafprozeßordnung, StPO)

State:Germany
Date: Sept. 12, 1950
Language:English
Status:Enacted
Version:PDF
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Relevant Keywords

Appeal against decision of acquittal or conviction or against sentence - national proceedings
Appeal against other decisions - national proceedings
Disruption of trial - removal of the accused
Equality of arms
Fair trial standards
Language
Rights during investigation - access to interpreter and translation if questioned in other language
Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty
Rights during investigation - informed of belief that crime has been committed
Rights during investigation - legal assistance
Rights during investigation - questioned in presence of counsel
Rights during investigation - remain silent
Rights during investigation - self incrimination
Rights during trial - counsel of accused's choosing
Rights during trial - examine witnesses
Rights during trial - free communication with counsel
Rights during trial - legal assistance
Rights during trial - raise defences
Rights during trial - tried without undue delay
Rights during trial - unsworn oral or written statement in defence
Trials in absentia