Question juridique clé
Whether the accused qualified for exemption from punishment for preparatory acts after abandoning the robbery plan.
Solution extraite
Art. 260bis al. 2 CP applies whenever the offender spontaneously renounces the planned offense before the start of execution, regardless of whether all preparatory acts were completed.
Motifs extraits
The Court abandoned the prior distinction between completed and incomplete preparatory acts. The preparatory phase ends only when execution begins; before that point, a spontaneous renunciation of the criminal project suffices for the mandatory exemption.