Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal court fixed the sentence according to guilt under Art. 63 StGB or according to the desired result (conditional sentence threshold).
Decisione estratta
The sentence had to be based on culpability, not on whether a conditional sentence remained possible; the sentencing approach was impermissibly result-oriented.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Court found that the appellate court had repeatedly indicated a conditional sentence range and then imposed a sentence that appeared tailored to preserve that outcome. This violated the individualized guilt-based assessment required by Art. 63 StGB.