Kernrechtsfrage
Whether an additional fine under Art. 42(4) StGB had to be imposed together with the conditional sentence for drunk driving.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. When only one offence is being judged and no consumed petty offence exists, imposing a combination penalty under Art. 42(4) StGB remains within the court's discretion.
Extrahierte Begründung
The mandatory line of cases on consumption in unequal statutory concurrence applies only when a punishable contravention is absorbed by a felony or misdemeanor. Here the defendant committed only the felony-type drunk-driving offence, so there was no second, consumed offence. Art. 42(4) StGB is a permissive provision and does not require an additional fine in every case.