Question juridique clé
Whether the custody order in the post-trial proceedings had a sufficient legal basis under Basel-Stadt procedural law
Solution extraite
Section 198 of the Basel-Stadt criminal procedure code provided a sufficient legal basis for custody to secure a non-final judgment ordering a deprivation-of-liberty measure.
Motifs extraits
The custody did not rest on the Swiss Criminal Code but on cantonal procedural law. In post-trial proceedings, the court may order necessary measures, including detention, to secure a non-final judgment ordering a free-depriving measure; the terminology of the code is not decisive.