Key legal question
Whether the criminal appeal was admissible despite the appellants' failure to exhaust cantonal remedies.
Extracted holding
The appeal was manifestly inadmissible because the appellants had not exhausted the available cantonal remedies before seizing the Federal Supreme Court.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 80(1) LTF requires exhaustion of cantonal instances. The appellants did not challenge the prosecutor's decision before the competent cantonal authority, and their belief that such a remedy would likely fail did not excuse this omission.