Facts
The appellant [A.] was sentenced by the District Court of Zofingen on January 31, 2014, to a prison term of 4 ½ years for professional fraud, multiple incitements to breach of trust, and multiple unlawful misappropriations. Both the defendant and the Public Prosecutor's Office of Zofingen-Kulm appealed against this judgment. The appellant requested a partial acquittal, while the Public Prosecutor's Office demanded an increase in the sentence to 6 years' imprisonment.
On April 11, 2014, the appellant filed a request for release from detention, which was rejected by the High Court of the Canton of Aargau, Criminal Court, 1st Chamber, President, by decision of April 25, 2014. At the same time, a ban on filing new requests for release from detention was imposed on the appellant until May 31, 2014, and the costs of the detention review procedure were imposed on him.
The appellant appealed against the decision of the High Court to the Federal Court with a complaint of May 8, 2014. The appellant requests his immediate release from detention in the main proceedings.
Considerations
The Federal Court decided that the appeal in criminal matters is admissible, as the CrimPC detention complaint is excluded and the lower court has decided as the sole cantonal instance. The appeal is also sufficiently substantiated, as the appellant has raised various objections.
The court examined the appellant's objection that the lower court had violated the 5-day decision period of Art. 233 CrimPC. However, it found that the period of Art. 233 CrimPC was not violated, as the detention review decision was made within five days of the conclusion of the exchange of written pleadings.
The court also rejected the appellant's objection that his right to reply and his right to an oral hearing had been disregarded in the detention review procedure. It found that the appellant did not explain to what extent an oral detention…