Key legal question
Whether compensation for defense costs in a criminal case is governed directly by Art. 429 para. 1 let. a CPP or by former cantonal procedural law.
Extracted holding
Defense-cost compensation is governed directly by Art. 429 para. 1 let. a CPP; the cantonal court wrongly applied former cantonal law.
Extracted reasoning
The Court relied on its prior case law, especially ATF 137 IV 352 and judgment 6B_618/2011, which distinguish defense-cost claims from other damage claims arising from pre-CPP proceedings. The CPP applies directly to defense costs.