Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Federal Court has direct jurisdiction to decide a request for recusal of a cantonal prosecutor and related cantonal judges.
Decisão extraída
No; the request had to be addressed first to the competent cantonal authority.
Fundamentação extraída
In criminal matters, the Federal Court mainly reviews final cantonal decisions. A competent cantonal authority exists to rule on recusal requests, and if the appeals chamber itself is challenged, the cantonal tribunal can designate an ad hoc chamber or refer the matter to another neutral tribunal under cantonal law.