Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the future youth criminal procedure rule on mandatory defense could be applied before entry into force
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The future rule had no premature effect and could not justify appointment of counsel before 1 January 2011.
Extrahierte Begründung
Positive advance application of a not-yet-in-force enactment is generally impermissible. The Court held that neither the Swiss Criminal Procedure Code nor the Youth Criminal Procedure Code has pre-effect, even in favor of the accused, and that reliance on the forthcoming Art. 24 lit. e JStPO did not assist the appellant.