Key legal question
Whether the federal cassation appeal was filed and reasoned within the statutory time limits.
Extracted holding
No; the decisive service date was 2000-04-19, so both the notice and the statement of reasons were late.
Extracted reasoning
The decision was served on former counsel on 2000-04-19, as shown by the acknowledgement of receipt and counsel's confirmation. Under Art. 272 BStP, the deadlines ran from that date; the filing of 2000-05-11 was therefore untimely.