Key legal question
Whether the criminal complaint was filed within the statutory time limit after deemed service of the cantonal judgment
Extracted holding
The complaint was untimely because service was deemed completed on the last day of the pickup period, and the filing on 26 January 2008 was therefore late.
Extracted reasoning
When the delivery attempt failed, a pickup notice was left in the mailbox. Under the fiction of service, the judgment was considered served on the last day of the seven-day pickup period. The appellant, not the court, had to ensure that the appellate decision could be served at the correct address; the court had no duty to search for a new address.