Key legal question
Whether the old or new criminal law applied to the sentence and measures under the transitional rules
Extracted holding
The new law applied if, in the concrete case, it led to a more favorable overall result on the relevant issues; the cantonal court erred by imposing imprisonment under the old law when the new law favored a non-custodial sentence.
Extracted reasoning
Comparing the concrete outcome under both regimes, a pecuniary penalty or community service is more favorable than imprisonment, even if the prison term could be suspended for treatment. Transitional assessment must focus first on the kind of sentence.