Key legal question
Whether the 13-year prison sentence violated sentencing principles and equality because it was harsher than co-offenders' sentences.
Extracted holding
No. The sentence fell within the trial court's discretion; the co-offenders' lower sentences did not establish unlawful unequal treatment, and the reasoning met Art. 50 StGB.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court held that sentencing must reflect individual culpability. Equality in sentencing requires considering co-offenders' roles, but only where their cases are truly comparable. Here, the appellate court reasonably explained why the co-offenders were not suitable comparison cases and why hypothetical higher sentences for them would still not make the applicant's sentence disproportionate.