Questão jurídica principal
Whether the civil court had subject-matter jurisdiction over a claim for compensation of defense costs arising from criminal proceedings
Decisão extraída
No. The competent authority for such cost consequences is the criminal authority under the Code of Criminal Procedure; the civil court and conciliation authority lacked subject-matter jurisdiction.
Fundamentação extraída
Party costs and related compensation are inseparable from the criminal proceedings and must be decided by the criminal judge. A civil action under the CCP is therefore unavailable for enforcing Art. 432(2) StPO claims.