Key legal question
Whether the ambulatory treatment ordered in 1996 had succeeded so that the suspended sentence could not be revoked.
Extracted holding
No. Continued heroin use, inability to work, and lack of reintegration showed the treatment had failed.
Extracted reasoning
For a toxicomaniac, success of treatment requires more than mere absence of new crimes; resocialization and abandonment of drug use are relevant. The cantonal findings supported failure.