Key legal question
Whether the new law on community service and conversion applies to a sentence imposed under the old law
Extracted holding
The old law governed execution of the community service granted for an old sentence; the new provisions on community service and conversion did not apply.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 388 CP, old judgments are executed under the former law, with only limited exceptions. The new community-service regime is a substantive new sanction and does not retroactively replace a community-service execution modality granted under the old law. Applying the new law here would worsen the convicted person's position.