Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the challenge to the amount of compensation for appointed defense should have been brought by complaint rather than criminal appeal and whether the filing was timely.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The correct remedy was the cantonal complaint under the court-organizational rules, and the appellant could have recognized this with due diligence; his recourse was late.
Extrahierte Begründung
A criminal recourse under Zurich criminal procedure applies only to certain cost allocations in judgments, whereas the calculation of appointed-defense compensation concerns the permissibility and amount of court fees/expenses under the judicial organization act. A lawyer in this situation could not reasonably rely on the prior judgment's remedy notice and was expected at least to consult the relevant statutory provisions or inquire promptly.