Key legal question
Whether the appellant had a legal entitlement to renewal of the residence permit despite criminal convictions
Extracted holding
He had a prima facie entitlement as the spouse of a Swiss citizen, but the entitlement was extinguished because an expulsion ground and the proportionality assessment justified refusal.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 7 ANAG and Art. 8 EMRK protect family life, yet the permit may be refused where the foreign spouse has been convicted of crimes and the balancing of public and private interests supports exclusion.