Kernrechtsfrage
Whether maintaining the eight-month prison sentence after abandonment of aggravated fraud was an abuse of discretion
Extrahierter Entscheid
No abuse of discretion: the cantonal court sufficiently motivated the sentence and eight months was not excessively severe in view of the gravity of the fault, the duration, antecedents, and repeated offending.
Extrahierte Begründung
Under former Art. 63 CP the judge has broad discretion. The appellate court explained why the first-instance sentence was too lenient and why the remaining convictions still justified eight months despite the dropped aggravating circumstance.