Well, the situation is totally different. The Law System in Italy is quite different from the American one, so there are some point that must be outlined:
1) The "Higher Court" of this case is the "Corte di Cassazione". Even if it is technically the "Third Grade of Judgment", the "Corte di Cassazione" judge only on the procedural and correct application of the law in the first two grade of Judgment. So if the "Corte di Cassazione" change the result of the First and Second Grade of Judgment it is not give an "opinion" on the matter, only on the technical part of the Judgment
2) The "Legal Precedent" in Italy dosen't costituite law for other judgment, so the "higher court" statement [as that of any other level of judgment] is valid only for that given case. However, Judge are called to consider and valure previows similar case, but it is in no way bound to follow the same decision
3) In this case, the "Corte di Cassazione" state that there is no penal legal proceedings for a crime that have no "imprisoning consequence", but the man is still under judgment for the infraction and he can be charged with a penality from 5.000,00 to 30.000,00 euro to pay to the State, and also he may be judged for civil legal proceedings, and been condamned to refound some of the victims.
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