Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the defendant was entitled to reimbursement of lawyer's fees after the proceedings were discontinued.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. In a simple minor offence case, defence costs are only reimbursable if legal representation was necessary because the case involved factual or legal difficulty; that was not the case here.
Extrahierte Begründung
The offence was a minor traffic violation with a small fine and no serious collateral consequences. The defendant could have defended himself, and the later investigative steps did not make counsel objectively necessary.