Supreme Court allows combined sentence to be mandatory when prior conditional sentence was already mandatory.
Finland (FI)
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AI generatedThe Supreme Court ruled that a combined sentence must be mandatory if the prior conditional sentence was already mandatory. The defendant, A, had no other criminal record but faced a combined sentence following a previous mandatory conditional sentence. The court decided that the mandatory nature of the prior sentence dictates the mandatory nature of the combined sentence.
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AI generatedSection 6 of the Act on Conditional Imprisonment; Section 3 of the Act on Combined Sentences: When a prior conditional sentence is mandatory, the combined sentence imposed upon it must also be mandatory.
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Konkurssirikokseen ynnä muuhun syyllistyneen A:n rangaistus oli yhdistetty aikaisempaan ehdolliseen rangaistukseen ja yhdistetty rangaistus oli määrätty ehdottomaksi. A:lla (s. 1927) ei ollut muita rikosrekisterimerkintöjä. Kysymys siitä, oliko rangaistus määrättävä ehdolliseksi.