{"id":2060,"date":"2026-10-28T08:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/legal-areas\/allgemeines-strafrecht\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T08:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:57:02","slug":"general-criminal-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/general-criminal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"General Criminal Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; awb_type=&#8221;image&#8221; awb_image_background_position=&#8221;50% 0%&#8221; el_class=&#8221;header-image-box&#8221; awb_image=&#8221;401&#8243;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;0px&#8221; type=&#8221;boxed&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fk_kt_zerombtm&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #cfb441;\">General Criminal Law<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;0px&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; type=&#8221;boxed&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fk_kt_zeromtop&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<nav class=\"rechtsgebiete-nav nav-de\" aria-label=\"Rechtsgebiete\"><ul id=\"menu-practice-areas\" class=\"rechtsgebiete-menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-2125\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2125\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/appeal-on-law\/\">Appeal on Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2044\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2044\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/commercial-criminal-law\/\">Commercial Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2128\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2128\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/compliance-internal-investigations\/\">Compliance and Internal Investigations<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2131\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2131\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/employment-professional-disciplinary-criminal-law\/\">Employment Criminal Law, Professional Criminal Law, Disciplinary Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2123\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2123\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/environmental-criminal-law\/\">Environmental Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2129\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2129\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/foreign-trade\/\">Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance and Foreign Trade and Payments Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2132\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2132\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/general-criminal-law\/\">General Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2127\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2127\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/media-and-internet-criminal-law\/\">Media and Internet Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2130\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2130\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/medical-criminal-law\/\">Medical Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2126\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2126\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/ombudsman\/\">Ombudsman<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2124\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2124\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/sports-law\/\">Sports Law<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2122\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2122\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kanzlei-traut.com\/en\/legal-areas\/tax-criminal-law\/\">Tax Criminal Law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"areas-of-law-paragraph\">General criminal law includes the regulations of the German Criminal Code (StGB) within which the individual criminal defence constitutes the core of the defence counsel\u2019s work, starting with the investigation procedure where the prosecutor\u2019s office examines the existence of criminal offences, at least of initial suspicion. Already here, in particular in searches or in orders of summary punishment, defensive measures are urgently required; also after the indictment has been filed, if the competent court examines the accusations made by the public prosecutor\u2019s office. The procedural step most closely linked to criminal law \u2013 the main trial \u2013 frequently marks the high-profile peak of criminal defence and is particularly challenging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"areas-of-law-paragraph\">Law firm Traut also represents clients in incidental actions. As joint plaintiff, the injured party can join the charges brought by the prosecutor\u2019s office and actively participate in the criminal proceeding. The advantages include the right to attend the entire trial, to ask questions and file motions, to obtain information and copies of the files, and to lodge legal remedies if, for example, in the injured party\u2019s opinion the defendant was wrongfully acquitted or if the imposed penalty is too low.<\/p>\n<p class=\"areas-of-law-paragraph\">Irrespective thereof, a qualified trial observation can be useful for private individuals or companies, for example for assessing the evidence or for potential recourse proceedings. Law firm Traut provides these legal services from legal advice to implementation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"areas-of-law-paragraph\">It is possible that also an uninvolved third party is summoned to interrogation by the police or in court. In his capacity as a witness, a layman does often not know when a question must be answered or when it is permissible to deny testimony, or how to generally behave. 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