Question juridique clé
Whether the subsidiary constitutional complaint was admissible for state-liability claims arising from criminal proceedings.
Solution extraite
State-liability claims arising from criminal proceedings are generally to be pursued by public-law appeal, but because the amount in dispute was below the statutory threshold, only the subsidiary constitutional complaint was available.
Motifs extraits
Such claims are not so closely linked to the criminal case that they must be decided together with it, unlike party costs; the cantonal decision was therefore reviewable only under the subsidiary constitutional complaint to the extent of constitutional grievances.