What is the maximum sentence for which suspension of the sentence (sursis, Article 77) is allowed in the ordinary case?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Two years of prison, with a longer limit of four years for elderly or ill convicts
- Step 1: Article 77 allows suspension for sentences not exceeding two years. Step 2. Paragraph 2 allows up to four years for those over seventy or for health reasons. Answer: Two years of prison, with a longer limit of four years for elderly or ill convicts. Why not the others: four, one and six years are not the general limit.
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