Key legal question
Whether the punishment for the converted fines was time-barred under Art. 109 CP when the cantonal court ruled again in 2012.
Extracted holding
The prescription period continued to run; conversion proceedings did not suspend or extend it. Only one fine remained punishable.
Extracted reasoning
For fines, the penalty prescription is three years from executability. Art. 99(2) CP does not extend prescription for fines, and conversion into substitute imprisonment does not change the original penalty for prescription purposes. The earlier federal appeal did not suspend prescription because it had no automatic suspensive effect and none was granted.