Questão jurídica principal
Whether investigation costs could be imposed on the accused after dismissal of the unfit-driving case.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The accused's cocaine use and driving with cocaine traces, combined with observable symptoms, constituted wrongful and culpable conduct that caused the investigation.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Art. 426(2) StPO, costs may be charged to a non-convicted accused if he clearly breached a legal duty in a civil-law sense and thereby caused the proceedings. Unlike alcohol, cocaine use is criminal and driving under its influence is prohibited regardless of quantity; the police had sufficient indicia to order the drug test.