Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the appeal declaration was timely under the Swiss Criminal Procedure Code when the last day fell around Pentecost Monday.
Decisione estratta
The appeal could not be treated as late because the decisive day was not expressly recognized as a cantonal holiday at the defendant's domicile, and the possibility of timely filing in a reasonable place had to be assessed more strictly.
Motivazione estratta
For purposes of Art. 90(2) StPO, the cantonal law at the party's domicile did not designate Pentecost Monday as a local holiday. The lower court's reliance on distant post offices and on dropping the filing into any mailbox with witnesses amounted to excessive formalism.