Key legal question
Whether the old PPF applied to this nullity appeal and whether the Supreme Court could review the canton decision.
Extracted holding
The appeal was governed by the former PPF because the challenged decision predated the Federal Supreme Court Act; the cantonal refusal to proceed qualified as a non-suit decision subject to nullity appeal.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 132 para. 1 LTF, the new law applies only to decisions issued after 1 January 2007. The Federal Court then applied the law in force at the time of the cantonal ruling and held that a refusal to proceed ending the criminal action is a non-suit decision under Art. 268 no. 2 PPF.