Key legal question
Whether the Federal Tribunal has jurisdiction over the appeal against the cantonal decision fixing compensation for free legal counsel.
Extracted holding
The appeal does not lie to the Federal Tribunal; the competent remedy is before the Federal Criminal Court.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 135 para. 3 let. b CPP, the defence counsel/free legal counsel may appeal to the Federal Criminal Court against the decision fixing the fee. For coherence, that court must decide the whole compensation, including both first- and second-instance work.