Key legal question
Whether the appellant was entitled to compensation after the dismissal of the criminal case.
Extracted holding
No compensation was due because the appellant had culpably created the appearance of a criminal offense and thereby triggered the investigation.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 430 CPP permits denial of compensation when the accused unlawfully and culpably caused the proceedings. The refusal was not based on supposed criminal guilt but on civil fault: explicit sexual propositions to a person presented as a 15-year-old could foreseeably prompt criminal investigation.