Judgment of the Federal Court on Sentencing for Multiple Fraud, Breach of Trust, and Tax Evasion

Facts

The Cantonal Court of Valais convicted the appellant [X.] of multiple counts of fraud, multiple counts of breach of trust, tax evasion, and multiple counts of abuse of office, and sentenced him to 5 years of penitentiary. After a re-evaluation, the Cantonal Court reduced the sentence to 4 1/2 years of penitentiary. The appellant then filed a constitutional appeal for violation of the right to a speedy trial under Art. 6 ECHR, as well as a federal nullity appeal against the sentencing.

Considerations

The Federal Court decided as follows: - The constitutional appeal for violation of the right to a speedy trial is not admitted. The allegation of a violation of the right to a speedy trial must be raised within the federal nullity appeal against the sentencing. - The federal nullity appeal against the sentencing is dismissed. The Federal…