Questão jurídica principal
Whether welfare- and resocialization-related efforts by an official defender are compensable from public funds.
Decisão extraída
Such efforts are compensable only if they serve to avert disadvantages threatening the accused from the proceedings or the resulting judgment; purely social-care work without a close link to the expected judgment is generally not compensable. Here, compensation was nevertheless due because the defender relied in good faith on the president’s instruction.
Fundamentação extraída
The court distinguished between compensable defense acts aimed at preventing procedural or judgment-related detriment and non-compensable social assistance tasks. Although housing, work, and care were not in principle part of official defense, the defender acted under a judicial mandate and in good faith.