Facts
The appellant [X.] was sentenced by the District Court of Baden on 16 September 2014 to a custodial sentence of 4 ½ years for various offences, including commercial and gang-related theft, trespassing, property damage, fraud, aiding and abetting, receiving stolen goods, attempted coercion, depictions of violence, violations of the Weapons Act and the Road Traffic Act. [X.] appealed against this judgment, which the High Court of the Canton of Aargau dismissed in essence on 20 October 2016. [X.] then filed a criminal law appeal with the Federal Supreme Court. He requested that the case be remanded to the lower instance or that he be sentenced to a custodial sentence of 3 years, of which 1 year unconditional.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court partially upheld the appeal. It found that the principle of expedited proceedings had been violated in the cantonal proceedings, as the court of first instance had clearly exceeded the deadline of 60 days, exceptionally 90 days, for the written reasoning of the judgment pursuant to Art. 84 para. 4 CrimPC with 11 months. However, the Federal Supreme Court did not consider this violation of the principle of…