Facts
The Public Prosecutor's Office in Kreuzlingen conducted criminal proceedings against the appellant X. for violations of the Narcotics Act. On September 12, 2014, X. requested the application of the simplified procedure, to which the Public Prosecutor's Office agreed on September 15, 2014. On September 16, 2014, the Public Prosecutor's Office filed the indictment, in which it requested that X. be sentenced to an unconditional custodial sentence of 11 months and a fine of CHF 800.- for qualified violations of the Narcotics Act and multiple misdemeanors of the same. On September 29, 2014, X. agreed to the indictment.
At the main hearing before the District Court on December 3, 2014, X. declared that the indictment should essentially be upheld as the judgment. The District Court decided to continue the main hearing at a later date. On June 17, 2015, the District Court convicted X. of a qualified violation of the Narcotics Act and a misdemeanor of the same, and sentenced him to an unconditional custodial sentence of 11 months and a fine of CHF 800.-.
The High Court of the Canton of Thurgau dismissed X.'s appeal on November 3, 2015 and confirmed the District Court's judgment.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismisses X.'s appeal. It finds that X. agreed to the indictment in the simplified procedure and acknowledged the facts of the case. The requirements for a judgment in the simplified procedure were thus fulfilled, and the court of first instance was allowed to uphold the criminal offenses and sanctions of the indictment in the judgment.
The…