Questão jurídica principal
Whether the refusal to award compensation for defense costs after the discontinuance was arbitrary under cantonal law and Art. 9 BV.
Decisão extraída
The refusal was not arbitrary because the case was a minor matter and no objectively justified reason for retaining counsel was shown.
Fundamentação extraída
In minor criminal cases, compensation is due only where the investigation caused substantial costs and inconvenience and where retaining a lawyer was objectively warranted. The circumstances here did not make the lawyer's involvement necessary.