Facts
On 22 March 2011, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Basel-Landschaft applied to the Compulsory Measures Court of Basel-Landschaft for an extension of the pretrial detention of X. On 4 April 2011, X. filed a request with the Public Prosecutor's Office for permission to commence his sentence early. On 5 April 2011, the Compulsory Measures Court extended the pretrial detention for a period of eight weeks until 5 June 2011. On 18 April 2011, X. appealed this decision to the Cantonal Court of Basel-Landschaft. On 20 April 2011, the Public Prosecutor's Office granted X. permission to commence his sentence early, following which he was transferred to early execution of his sentence on 3 May 2011. The Cantonal Court did not enter into the appeal against the extension of the pretrial detention by decision of 10 May 2011. X. appeals this decision to the Federal Supreme Court.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court states that pretrial detention ends according to Art. 220 para. 1 CrimPC with the early commencement of a custodial sanction. Therefore, Art. 227 CrimPC no longer applies if a person previously in pretrial detention commences their sentence early. Consequently, any ongoing proceedings under Art. 227 CrimPC may become irrelevant if the person in pretrial detention commences their sentence early and loses interest in the review of the detention requirements. However,…