Supreme Court allows sentence reduction for mental state examination under Criminal Code Chapter 11 Section 11.

The Supreme Court of Finland allowed the defendant's request to reduce the sentence based on a mental state examination conducted while the defendant was not in custody. The defendant argued that the examination revealed a significant mental impairment affecting their culpability, whereas the prosecution contended that the lack of custody did not negate the relevance of the findings. The court ruled in favor of the reduction, establishing that mental state examinations remain valid grounds for sentence mitigation even when the accused is not detained.