Facts
The appellant [X.] was sentenced by the High Court of the Canton of Solothurn on 6 February 2014 to a custodial sentence of 27 months, of which 9 months were to be served unconditionally. He unsuccessfully applied to serve the unconditionally enforceable part of the sentence in the special form of "Electronic Monitoring" (EM). The Administrative Court of the Canton of Solothurn dismissed his appeal. [X.] appealed against this judgment to the Federal Supreme Court in criminal matters.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the appeal. It stated that the EM execution of the unconditionally enforceable part of the custodial sentence of 9 months would be possible in principle under the Solothurn Penal Enforcement Ordinance. However, the relevant provision of the Ordinance is incompatible with the superior federal law. The Ordinance issued by the Federal Council, which only allows EM execution for custodial sentences of up to a maximum of 12 months, takes precedence. Since the total sentence of 27 months exceeds this limit, the EM execution of the unconditionally enforceable part of 9 months is excluded.
Furthermore, the EM execution would also not be…