Question juridique clé
Whether the new Criminal Code could be applied as more favorable law in this nullity appeal
Solution extraite
No. The Federal Court applied the law in force when the cantonal court ruled; the new more favorable rules could not be invoked because the case had already been judged before 1 January 2007.
Motifs extraits
Under the old nullity appeal procedure, only federal law in force at the time of the cantonal decision is reviewed. The new lex mitior rule itself was not yet in force when the cantonal court decided, and in any event the conditions for applying it were not met.