Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellate court violated Art. 41 Ziff. 1 Abs. 1 StGB by granting a conditional suspended sentence on the basis of alcohol abstinence and related supervision measures.
Decisão extraída
The appellate court placed excessive weight on the defendant's abstinence and failed to ensure sufficiently reliable safeguards for its future continuation; the prognosis was therefore unlawful.
Fundamentação extraída
A favorable prognosis under Art. 41 requires a global assessment of all relevant factors. A proven period of abstinence can be important, but by itself does not justify conditional suspension after a serious relapse into drunk driving. Where the court itself has doubts, it must require stronger guarantees of continued abstinence; an unspecific treatment/monitoring arrangement is insufficient.