Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the accused could rely on the right to defence counsel after instructing counsel to seek only a postponement and not to plead if refused.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The accused had engaged in contradictory conduct amounting to abuse of rights and could not invoke the defence-right guarantees.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court held that the accused, in a case requiring mandatory defence, deliberately limited his counsel's mandate at the last minute for dilatory purposes. Such conduct is not protected by Art. 6 ECHR or the constitutional right to defence.