Facts
On May 9, 2017, the District Court of Hinwil convicted the appellant [A.] of endangering life, simple bodily harm, and multiple threats, sentencing him to 32 months' imprisonment, of which 16 months were suspended. The High Court of the Canton of Zurich acquitted him of one charge of threat on April 19, 2018, reduced the prison sentence to 24 months, and suspended the sentence.
[A.] filed a criminal complaint and requested acquittal with the payment of compensation or, in one case of threat, the discontinuation of the proceedings. He also requested legal aid.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court confirmed the factual findings of the lower court as convincingly reasoned. Accordingly, the appellant had suddenly grabbed his son [B.] by the neck with both hands after a verbal dispute, knocked him off balance, and firmly gripped his neck for about 20 to 30 seconds until he lost consciousness. It was only through the intervention of his wife that the appellant released his son.
The Federal Supreme Court considered the assumption of immediate danger to the life of the respondent 2 as convincingly reasoned. Due to the duration of the strangling of 20 to 30 seconds, the occurrence of signs of unconsciousness, and the fact that the…