Question juridique clé
Whether prescription of the assault and drug contraventions could be raised in the federal appeal
Solution extraite
The prescription complaint was inadmissible because it expanded the dispute beyond the scope fixed by the cantonal proceedings.
Motifs extraits
Only the victim had appealed the first judgment on the abuse-of-distress issue. The cantonal court therefore dealt only with that offense, and the appellant could not broaden the subject matter before the Federal Tribunal under Art. 99 LTF.