Key legal question
Whether the 6-year prison sentence for major heroin trafficking was an abuse of sentencing discretion.
Extracted holding
The cantonal court properly assessed culpability and did not impose an unbearable sentence; the 6-year term remained within lawful discretion.
Extracted reasoning
The quantity was nearly 3.5 kg of heroin mixture, far exceeding the threshold for a serious case even at low purity. The court could therefore weigh the amount aggravatingly; the admitted confession was already mitigatingly considered, and the other asserted mitigating factors were either irrelevant or unsupported. The complaint about the accused's role in the drug trade concerned evidence assessment and was inadmissible in cassation.