Serviceportal–Baden-Württemberg
Nachfolgend finden Sie die Verfahrensbeschreibungen der Angebote des Serviceportals BW.
Nachfolgend finden Sie die Verfahrensbeschreibungen der Angebote des Serviceportals BW.
As a witness, you can make use of a lawyer for the duration of the questioning. This also applies if you are not the victim of the offence.
Witness lawyers are lawyers who will represent your rights for the duration of your interrogation. During questioning, for example, they ensure that you do not make any statements if you do not have to answer certain questions.
If, due to special circumstances, you as a witness are not in a position to exercise the powers to which you are entitled yourself and your interests cannot be taken into account in any other way, a lawyer must be appointed to assist you if you do not yet have a lawyer.
The court that is responsible for the main proceedings or where the proceedings are pending, or the public prosecutor's office if you are to be questioned by the public prosecutor's office or the police, is responsible for deciding on the authorisation.
You must apply in writing to the competent authority for a lawyer to be assigned to you.
The public prosecutor's office can also apply for this. The court can also assign a lawyer to you on its own initiative.
There is no specific form.
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Information on witness advocates can be obtained from:
Strafprozessordnung (StPO):
machine generated, based on the German release by: Justizministerium Baden-Württemberg, 06.03.2026
Stadt Kuppenheim
Friedensplatz
76456 Kuppenheim
Telefon: 07222/9462-0
Telefax: 07222/9462-150
stadt@kuppenheim.de