Die strafprozessuale Zufallsverwendung

To what extent may information which has been obtained for other purposes or outside the criminal proceedings be used in criminal prosecution? Stefan Grawe deals with this question and the previous answers to it, tracing these back to their origins. In doing so, he studies the various phenomena related to changes in purpose when using information in criminal proceedings, in particular the occurrence and the applicability of so-called accidental discoveries. He explores the different ways of looking at this in court rulings and legal dogmatics, some of which he expands upon, others of which he rejects as no longer in keeping with the times. At the conclusion of his work, the author provides a solution to these problems and reveals several unexpected results of his investigation.