Facts
The appellant, Attorney [X.] , was the court-appointed defence counsel in the criminal proceedings against [A.] for threat. The District Court of Bremgarten awarded him a compensation of CHF 15,493.30 for the proceedings at first instance. On appeal by [A.] , the High Court of the Canton of Aargau reduced the compensation for the proceedings at first instance ex officio to CHF 7,500.-- and set the court-appointed fee for the appeal proceedings at CHF 5,292.15. Attorney [X.] filed a complaint against the reduction of the compensation for the proceedings at first instance.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court held that the appellate court should not have reduced the compensation of the court-appointed defence counsel for the proceedings at first instance ex officio. According to the case law, an intervention in the parties' right of disposition is only permissible on a restrictive basis in order to prevent unlawful or unfair decisions. In the present case, however, the…