Kernrechtsfrage
Whether compensation for appointed defense counsel could be fixed without the counsel's fee note and without hearing him on contested reductions.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The compensation had to be determined on the basis of the fee note; by fixing it without that basis and without hearing the counsel, the cantonal court violated the right to be heard and misapplied cantonal law arbitrarily.
Extrahierte Begründung
Cantonal rules required compensation to be set against production of the cost statement and by reference to workload and case difficulty. A flat discretionary award was not provided for. If reductions were contemplated, the counsel had to be heard before the decision.