Question juridique clé
Whether the reduction of party compensation for the acquitted defendant was lawful.
Solution extraite
The reduction could not be upheld because the cantonal court gave no sufficient reasons for treating the claimed defence expenses as excessive.
Motifs extraits
A freigesprochene person is generally entitled to full compensation under cantonal law; a reduction is only permissible for excessive or irrelevant costs, and the court must explain why the claimed hours and hourly rate are unreasonable.