Key legal question
Whether the new sentence of seven years, with a 30-month increase based on prior convictions, complied with sentencing law.
Extracted holding
The increase was excessive and incompatible with the separation of offence-related and offender-related sentencing factors; the matter had to be sent back for a new sentencing decision.
Extracted reasoning
Prior convictions may be considered under Art. 47 StGB, but they cannot be treated as independent offences or used to recreate a de facto cumulative punishment. The 30-month increase was disproportionate, nearly equaled the prior sentences already served, and gave the prior convictions undue weight.