Key legal question
Whether the detention decision violated the right to be promptly brought before an independent judge under Art. 31(3) BV and Art. 5(3) EMRK
Extracted holding
Yes. The same Amtsstatthalter handled the investigation, ordered detention, issued the penal order, and then referred the case, so there was no prompt appearance before an independent judge.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 31(3) BV requires prompt presentation to a judge; the cantonal decision was not a judicial detention order but a later review. Under the relevant case law, the magistrate ordering detention must be sufficiently independent and cannot combine detention and prosecution functions in the same case.