Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal allocation of criminal costs after conviction without punishment was arbitrary.
Solution extraite
No. A person convicted of a traffic-rule violation remains a convicted person even if punishment is waived for a particularly slight case; cost allocation under the loser-pays principle was not arbitrary.
Motifs extraits
The appellant was convicted on the merits, had sought acquittal in substance, and therefore bore the costs of the first instance and, given the mixed outcome on appeal, half of the appeal costs. The challenged allocation did not violate constitutional arbitrariness.