Key legal question
Whether the appellant had a legally protected, current interest in appealing the provisional cost ruling.
Extracted holding
No. Because the challenged order merely stated that costs would follow the case and no final cost allocation had yet been decided, there was no current legally protected interest to challenge it.
Extracted reasoning
Only the judgment on the merits will decide whether costs are charged to the appellant; until then, the cost issue is not ripe for appeal. Without an interest under Art. 382(1) CPP, the appeal is inadmissible.