Whether the appointed counsel's fee was too low and should be increased
The appellate court found that only work reasonably necessary for the mandate had to be compensated and that part of the claimed time related to non-compensable moral or social support. It nevertheless increased the fee to CHF 6,209.30.
The court applied the CPP rules on compensation by analogy, held the appeal timely and admissible, and reassessed the time entries. It accepted 16 hours for 2010, 12.5 hours for 2011, plus 3.5 hours for the hearing and judgment reading, while excluding excessive or non-procedural activity.