Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the cantonal appeal judge violated the prohibition of reformatio in peius by changing the conviction from attempted tax evasion to completed tax evasion and to another tax period.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The requalification was at least defensible and therefore not arbitrary; a legal reclassification without increasing the fine did not breach the prohibition as applied here.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Court held that the prevailing view limits reformatio in peius to actual disadvantages affecting liberty or property. A court may therefore correct the legal qualification of the same facts, provided the sanction is not aggravated.