Key legal question
Whether community service may be ordered retroactively instead of substitute imprisonment for an unpaid fine under Art. 36(3) StGB.
Extracted holding
Retroactive community service may not be ordered because the statutory conditions for changing the sanction are not met.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 36 StGB governs the post-sentencing consequences of unpaid fines. The appellant did not show a qualifying deterioration of financial circumstances since the sentence; rather, the evidence indicated better current finances. The conditions of Art. 36(3)(c) StGB were therefore absent.