Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the defendant could invoke mistake of law under Art. 21 CP for driving with counterfeit plates and no valid plates
Extrahierter Entscheid
He could not reasonably have been unaware of the unlawfulness of driving without official control plates or using cardboard replacement plates.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held the complaint was largely appellatory and, in any event, the defendant had been expressly informed that he could drive again only after regaining official plates. His conduct in fabricating fake plates showed awareness that official plates were required; ignorance was therefore not plausible or excusable.