Question juridique clé
Whether community service could be ordered for a 98-day custodial sentence.
Solution extraite
No. Community service was available only for custodial sentences of up to three months, and the sentence at issue exceeded that limit.
Motifs extraits
Art. 3a para. 1 VStGB 3 limited community service to sentences up to three months. The 14-week sentence (98 days) exceeded the maximum, so the request was incompatible with the applicable rules.