Questão jurídica principal
Whether the 20% reduction of appointed counsel's fee under cantonal law violated equality, arbitrariness, or due process guarantees.
Decisão extraída
No. The court held that appointed and private counsel are not comparable for fee purposes because the compensation arises from the public-law relationship between the canton and the appointed lawyer, not from the outcome of the criminal case or a private mandate.
Fundamentação extraída
The court stressed that the same public-law basis governs compensation whether the client wins or loses. Since the two remuneration regimes are not comparable, the equal treatment complaint failed; the appellant also did not substantiate a direct constitutional attack on the cantonal fee scheme itself.