Key legal question
Whether the cantonal appellate court could declare inadmissible an appeal against the police judge's finding that the opposition was deemed withdrawn due to unjustified absence.
Extracted holding
The appeal was in principle open against the police judge's judgment confirming the deemed withdrawal of opposition; the cantonal court mischaracterized the object of the appeal.
Extracted reasoning
That decision ended the court's seisin and the criminal proceedings, so it qualified as a judgment under cantonal law. The appellate court therefore applied the procedural rules arbitrarily, and the result was unsustainable.