It is actually eight days from the delivery of the written court verdict. The presiding judge has to put in writing the court’s assessment of each and every piece of evidence and witness statement, so that might take a couple of weeks.

This very State Attorney just won an appeal against a Russian Mafia Kingpin for ordering a murder (he was acquitted at the Municipal Court in Prague for lack of evidence before, however the High Court in Prague revoked the decision since the first instance judges apparently failed to take into account all of the evidence presented and it ordered the court to rule again including the evidence – that is why the written version of the decision is so important and takes long to be made although the ruling was held). The issue with in that case was that the first instance discarded witness testimonies of other mafia members. Sure the kingpin is long gone… http://zpravy.idnes.cz/vor-v-zakone-soghojan-0t5-/krimi.aspx?c=A130228_110818_krimi_wlk