Germany

Criminal Procedure Code (Strafprozeßordnung, StPO)

PART TWO
PROCEEDINGS AT FIRST INSTANCE

CHAPTER VI
MAIN HEARING

Section 231a.
[Unfitness to Stand Trial Caused with Intent]

(1) If the defendant wilfully and culpably placed himself in a condition precluding his fitness to stand trial, and if, as a result, he knowingly prevents the proper conduct or continuation of the main hearing in his presence, the main hearing shall, in a case where he has not yet been heard on the charges, be conducted or continued in his absence, unless the court considers his presence to be indispensable. The procedure pursuant to the first sentence shall only apply if the defendant, after the opening of main proceedings, has had the opportunity to make a statement on the charges before the court or a commissioned judge .

Keywords

Trials in absentia
Disruption of trial - removal of the accused



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