Question juridique clé
Whether the canton owed compensation under former Fribourg CCP art. 242 for defense costs after a partial acquittal
Solution extraite
No compensation was due because no specific procedural act could be identified as unjustified and the prosecution was not shown to be unjustified overall.
Motifs extraits
Art. 242 CPP/FR requires, cumulatively, damage, unjustified detention or other procedural act, causation, and no fault by the accused. In a partial acquittal, compensation depends on whether the prosecution was unjustified; where the facts are intertwined and the accused was rightly prosecuted for related offences, the authority may deny compensation.