Questão jurídica principal
Whether a faxed filing preserves the deadline for a cross-appeal under the Swiss Criminal Procedure Code.
Decisão extraída
No. A written filing must be delivered to the competent authority or handed to the Swiss Post by the last day; fax transmission does not preserve the deadline.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 91 StPO requires timely delivery in the statutory form. The court followed Federal Supreme Court case law that fax submissions do not satisfy deadline requirements for written pleadings.