Key legal question
Whether the federal criminal appeal was admissible despite non-payment of the requested advance on costs.
Extracted holding
No. After the appellant failed to pay the court-cost advance even within the additional deadline, the appeal had to be declared inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 62(1) and (3) LTF, the party bringing proceedings before the Federal Supreme Court must advance the likely costs; if the advance is not paid within the additional deadline after a first failure, the appeal is inadmissible. The court therefore applied Art. 108(1)(a) LTF.