Körperverletzung mit Todesfolge bei Exzess des Mittäters.

The article discusses a criminal case before the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice, BGH) of Germany, decided on September 5, 2012, which revolved around the question whether accomplices in a case aggravated assault can also be prosecuted for manslaughter or murder if one of them used deadly force with malicious intent. The court examined such problems as criminal liability, omission, and misprision in the case of the beating and killing of a homeless man by three teenagers.