Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court violated Art. 63 CP by imposing a 10-year sentence and considering gang affiliation as an aggravating factor.
Extracted holding
No violation: the collaboration with the co-offender amounted to a band, and the sentence remained within the court's broad discretion.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that gang affiliation does not change the qualification or legal range once the offence is already grave under Art. 19 ch. 2 LStup by quantity; it may nonetheless influence sentence assessment. On the facts, the pair shared roles, suppliers and buyers, prepared the drugs together, rented premises jointly, and split profits, showing an intense association.